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[S. 1559 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1559

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
 the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven


                                 An Act


 
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 
    the 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 the 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.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.