PRISM Act

Bill: 113-hr-3178
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2013-09-25
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding

Higher education

Historic sites and heritage areas

Historical and cultural resources

Minority education

Teaching, teachers, curricula
Latest action: action_date: 2013-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-09-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Preservation Research at Institutions Serving Minorities Act or the PRISM Act - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, as part of a comprehensive historic preservation education and training program, to provide technical or financial assistance to Hispanic-serving institutions for the establishment of historic preservation training and degree programs.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3178 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 25, 2013 Mr. Grijalva introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical or financial assistance to Hispanic-serving institutions for the establishment of historic preservation training and degree programs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preservation Research at Institutions Serving Minorities Act or PRISM Act . 2. Historic preservation training and degree programs for Hispanic-serving institutions Subparagraph (C) of section 101(j)(2) of the National Historic Preservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 470a(j)(2) ) is amended— (1) by striking and after tribal colleges, ; and (2) by inserting after Hawaiians, the following: and to Hispanic-serving institutions as defined in section 502(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5) ), .