[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 1559 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1559

To provide for the design, construction, furnishing, and equipping of a 
 Center for Historically Black Heritage within Florida A&M University.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 13, 1997

 Mr. Mack (for himself and Mr. Graham) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the design, construction, furnishing, and equipping of a 
 Center for Historically Black Heritage within Florida A&M University.

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

SECTION 1. CONSTRUCTION OF A CENTER FOR REGIONAL BLACK CULTURE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Currently 500,000 historically important artifacts of 
        the Civil War era and the early days of the civil rights 
        movement in the Southeast region of the United States are 
        housed at Florida A&M University.
            (2) To preserve this large repository of African-American 
        history and artifacts it is appropriate that the Federal 
        Government share in the cost of construction of this national 
        repository for culture and history.
    (b) Definition.--In this section:
            (1) Center.--The term ``Center'' means the Center for 
        Historically Black Heritage at Florida A&M University.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Interior acting through the Director of the National Park 
        Service.
    (c) Construction of Center.--The Secretary may award a grant to the 
State of Florida to pay for the Federal share of the cost, design, 
construction, furnishing, and equipping of the Center at Florida A&M 
University.
    (d) Grant Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--In order to receive a grant awarded under 
        subsection (c), Florida A&M University, shall submit to the 
        Secretary a proposal.
            (2) Federal share.--The Federal share described in 
        subsection (c) shall be 50 percent.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriation.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Interior to carry out this section a 
total of $3,800,000 for fiscal year 1998 and any succeeding fiscal 
years. Funds appropriated pursuant to the authority of the preceding 
sentence shall remain available until expanded.
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