3.0.0 1592 2023-01-12T17:52:49Z 2023-01-12T17:52:49Z Senate S S 2007-06-12 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-12T19:58:13Z To reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program. 110 2707 HR 2007-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2007-06-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-06-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2007-06-12 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-06-12 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2007-06-12 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2007-06-14 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-06-19 False L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2007-06-21 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2007-06-21 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-06-22 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2007-07-16 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-10-02 False Social Sciences and History Arts, Culture, Religion Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Colleges Commerce Economics and Public Finance Education Exhibitions Federal aid to education Foundations Higher education History Museums Nonprofit organizations Public-private partnerships Slavery Social Welfare Social Sciences and History 00 2007-06-12 Introduced in Senate 2007-08-24T20:20:30Z Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to one or more nonprofit educational organizations established to research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the history of the Underground Railroad.

Requires each grant agreement to require the organization to: (1) establish a facility to house, display, and interpret the artifacts related to the history of the Underground Railroad; (2) demonstrate substantial private support for the facility through the implementation of a public-private partnership between a state or local public entity and a private entity providing certain matching funds; (3) create an endowment to fund shortfalls in the costs of ongoing facility operations; (4) establish a network of satellite centers throughout the United States to help disseminate information regarding the Underground Railroad; and (5) establish the capability to link the facility electronically with other local and regional facilities with interpretive Underground Railroad collections and programs.

]]> A bill to reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program. Display Title A bill to reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program. Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2007-06-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1592is/xml/BILLS-110s1592is.xml 2007-06-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.