[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 732 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 732

 To authorize an appropriation for the construction of a public museum 
  located in, and relating to the history of, the State of New Mexico.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 1997

Mr. Richardson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize an appropriation for the construction of a public museum 
  located in, and relating to the history of, the State of New Mexico.

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

SECTION 1. GRANT FOR MUSEUM.

    (a) Authority To Make Grant.--With funds appropriated to carry out 
this subsection and subject to the requirement specified in subsection 
(b), the Secretary of the Interior shall make a grant to the State of 
New Mexico for the construction of a public museum in the city of Santa 
Fe to house and display art and artifacts relating to the history of 
the State of New Mexico.
    (b) Matching Funds Required.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a), the State of New Mexico shall submit to the 
Secretary of the Interior an application that includes an agreement by 
such State to expend not less than $11,000,000 of non-Federal funds for 
the construction of the museum described in subsection (a).

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated $9,000,000 to carry out 
section 1(a).
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