[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2921 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 450

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2921

                          [Report No. 103-279]

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                                 AN ACT

  To authorize appropriations for the preservation and restoration of 
  historic buildings at historically black colleges and universities.

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                 May 25 (legislative day, May 16), 1994

                        Reported with amendments
                                                       Calendar No. 450
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2921

                          [Report No. 103-279]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 23, 1993

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                 May 25 (legislative day, May 16), 1994

               Reported by Mr. Johnston, with amendments
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To authorize appropriations for the preservation and restoration of 
  historic buildings at historically black colleges and universities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Nation's historically black colleges and 
        universities have contributed significantly to the effort to 
        attain equal opportunity through postsecondary education for 
        African-American, low-income, and educationally disadvantaged 
        Americans;
            (2) over our Nation's history, States and the Federal 
        Government have discriminated in the allocation of land and 
        financial resources to support these institutions, thus forcing 
        them to rely on the generous support of private individuals and 
        other charitable organizations;
            (3) the development of this source of private and 
        charitable financial support for historically black colleges 
        and universities has resulted in structures and buildings of 
        historic importance and architecturally unique design on the 
        campuses of these institutions; and
            (4) many of these structures and buildings are national 
        treasures worthy of preservation and restoration for future 
        generations of all Americans as well as for the students and 
        faculty of these institutions.

SEC. 3. PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANTS FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS AT 
              HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

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    (a) Authority To Make Grants.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
administer a program of grants-in-aid in accordance with this section 
to eligible historically black colleges and universities for the 
preservation and restoration of historic buildings and structures on 
the campuses of these institutions. Such grants shall be made, subject 
to the availability of appropriations therefore, from the amounts 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out the National Historic 
Preservation Act for the fiscal years 1995 through 1998.
    (b) Grant Conditions.--Grants made under subsection (a) shall be 
subject to the condition that the grantee covenants, for the period of 
time specified by the Secretary, that--
            (1) no alteration will be made in the property with respect 
        to which the grant is made without the concurrence of the 
        Secretary; and
            (2) reasonable public access to the property with respect 
        to which the grant is made will be permitted by the grantee for 
        interpretive and educational purposes.
    (c) Matching Requirement For Buildings and Structures Listed on the 
National Register of Historic Places.--(1) Except as provided by 
paragraph (2), the Secretary may obligate funds made available under 
this section for a grant with respect to a building or structure listed 
on the National Register of Historic Places only if the grantee agrees 
to match, from funds derived from non-Federal sources, the amount of 
the grant with an amount that is equal or greater than the grant.
    (2) The Secretary may waive paragraph (1) with respect to a grant 
if the Secretary determines from circumstances that an extreme 
emergency exists or that such a waiver is in the public interest to 
assure the preservation of historically significant resources.
    (d) Funding Provisions.--(1) Not more than $20,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1995 and not more than $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
1996, 1997, and 1998 may be made available under this section.
    (2) Of the amounts made available under this section for fiscal 
year 1995, $5,000,000 shall be available only for grants under 
subsection (a) to Fisk University.
    (3) Of the amounts made available under this section for fiscal 
year 1995, $10,000,000 shall be available only for grants under 
subsection (a) to those historically black colleges and universities 
identified for inclusion in the Department of the Interior Historically 
Black College and University Historic Preservation Initiative.
    (4) If less than $20 million is made available in fiscal year 1995 
for the purpose of paragraph (1), such amount shall be allocated as 
follows:
            (A) 25 percent of such amount shall be made available for 
        grants to Fisk University as provided in paragraph (2).
            (B) 50 percent of such amount shall be made available as 
        provided in paragraphs (3).
            (C) 25 percent of such amount shall be made available for 
        grants under subsection (a) to other eligible historically 
        black colleges and universities.
    (e) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations 
as may be necessary to carry out this Act.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``historically black colleges and 
        universities'' has the same meaning given the term ``part B 
        institution'' by section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).
            (2) The term ``historic building and structures'' means a 
        building or structure listed on the National Register of 
        Historic Places or designated a National Historic Landmark.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 23, 
      (legislative day, November 22), 1993.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

                                                                 Clerk.