Protect America’s Statues Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7646
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2020-07-16
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship

Crimes against property

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Government information and archives

Historic sites and heritage areas

Intergovernmental relations

Monuments and memorials

State and local government operations

Transportation programs funding

Veterans' organizations and recognition

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protect America's Statues Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill makes certain jurisdictions ineligible for historic preservation grants or fixed guideway capital investment grants. Ineligible jurisdictions are those with any law, regulation, policy, or procedure within its control in contravention of federal criminal law relating to the destruction of veterans' memorials or rioting.</p> <p>The Department of the Interior may not award historic preservation grants to ineligible jurisdictions. An ineligible jurisdiction awarded a grant in the fiscal year in which this bill is enacted or after must return 75% of the grant amount.</p>  <p>Interior may not approve a fixed guideway capital investment grant for a project in an ineligible jurisdiction. Any obligation or commitment made under a fixed guideway capital investment grant may be revoked if the project is in an ineligible jurisdiction.</p> <p>The Department of Justice shall annually submit to Interior and Congress a list of the jurisdictions that are ineligible.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7646 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 16, 2020 Mr. McCarthy (for himself, Mr. Graves of Missouri , and Mr. Jordan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources , and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To limit certain funding to any jurisdiction that has in effect a law, regulation, policy, or procedure in contravention of section 1369 or section 2101 of title 18, United States Code.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect America’s Statues Act of 2020 . 2. Limitation on use of historic preservation grant funds (a) Limitation on use of funds (1) In general The Secretary shall not award a historic preservation grant to an ineligible jurisdiction, and any ineligible jurisdiction that has been awarded a historic preservation grant shall return 75 percent of the grant to the Secretary or otherwise reimburse the Secretary for 75 percent of the amount of the grant within 30 days of the date the jurisdiction is identified on the list prepared under subsection (b). Any such monies returned or reimbursed shall be retained and disbursed by the Secretary for the same purposes as provided under the original authority under which the grant was awarded. (2) Grants affected This paragraph shall apply to historic preservation grants awarded in the current fiscal year and in any other fiscal year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Determination of ineligible jurisdictions Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less than annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall— (1) determine what States, units of local government, and other jurisdictions are ineligible jurisdictions for the purposes of this Act; and (2) submit to the Secretary and Congress a comprehensive list of ineligible jurisdictions as determined under paragraph (1). (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Historic preservation grant The term historic preservation grant means any grant awarded to a State, unit of local government, territory of the United States, an Indian tribe or other governmental entity administered by the National Park Service for purposes that include historic preservation or revitalization, for example, the following: (A) State Historic Preservation Office Historic Preservation Grants. (B) Tribal Historic Preservation Office Grants. (C) Save America’s Treasures Grants. (D) Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grant Program. (2) Ineligible jurisdiction The term ineligible jurisdiction means a State, unit of local government, territory of the United States, an Indian tribe or other individual jurisdiction that has in effect any law, regulation, policy, or procedure specifically within its control in contravention of section 1369 or section 2101 of title 18, United States Code. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. 3. Eligibility requirement for fixed guideway capital investment grants (a) In general Section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following: (8) Specified ineligible jurisdiction The term specified ineligible jurisdiction means a State, unit of local government, territory of the United States, an Indian tribe, or other individual jurisdiction that has in effect any law, regulation, policy, or procedure specifically within its control in contravention of section 1369 or section 2101 of title 18. ; (2) in subsection (c)(4) by adding at the end the following: The Secretary may not approve a grant under this section for project in an area determined to be a specified ineligible jurisdiction. ; and (3) in subsection (k)(4) by adding at the end the following: (C) Revocation Any obligation or future obligation and contingent commitments made under this section may be revoked due to a finding that the project is located in a specified ineligible jurisdiction. . (b) Guidance updates Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall update guidance issued pursuant to section 5309(k)(6) of title 49, United States Code, to carry out the amendments made by this section.