[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 1179 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  2d Session

                               H. R. 1179

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                                 AN ACT

  To authorize appropriations for the preservation and restoration of 
  historic buildings at historically black colleges and universities.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1179

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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. HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES HISTORIC 
              BUILDING RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION.

    (a) Authority To Make Grants.--From the amounts made available to 
carry out the National Historic Preservation Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall make grants in accordance with this section to eligible 
historically black colleges and universities for the preservation and 
restoration of historic buildings and structures on the campus of these 
institutions.
    (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, or eligible for listing 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 Provision.--Pursuant to section 108 of the National 
Historic Preservation Act, $29,000,000 shall be made available to carry 
out the purposes of this section. Of amounts made available pursuant to 
this section, $5,000,000 shall be available for grants to Fisk 
University, $2,500,000 shall be available for grants to Knoxville 
College, $2,000,000 shall be available for grants to Miles College, 
Alabama, $1,500,000 shall be available for grants to Talladega College, 
Alabama, $1,550,000 shall be available for grants to Selma University, 
Alabama, $250,000 shall be available for grants to Stillman College, 
Alabama, $200,000 shall be available for grants to Concordia College, 
Alabama $2,900,000 shall be available for grants to Allen University, 
South Carolina, $1,000,000 shall be available for grants to Claflin 
College, South Carolina, $2,000,000 shall be available for grants to 
Voorhees College, South Carolina, $1,000,000 shall be available for 
grants to Rust College, Mississippi, and $3,000,000 shall be available 
for grants to Tougaloo University, Mississippi.
    (e) Regulations.--The Secretary shall develop such guidelines as 
may be necessary to carry out this section.
    (f) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
            (1) Historically black colleges.--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) Historic building and structures.--The term ``historic 
        building and structures'' means a building or structure listed 
        on, or eligible for listing on, the National Register of 
        Historic Places or designated a National Historic Landmark.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 4, 1996.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.