[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 5157 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5157

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
  To amend title 44, United States Code, to ensure preservation of the 
                    records of the Freedmen's Bureau.

    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 ``Freedmen's Bureau Records 
Preservation Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF FREEDMEN'S BUREAU RECORDS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 29 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 2910. Preservation of Freedmen's Bureau records

    ``The Archivist shall preserve the records of the Bureau of 
Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, commonly referred to as the 
`Freedmen's Bureau', by using--
        ``(1) microfilm technology for preservation of the documents 
    comprising these records so that they can be maintained for future 
    generations; and
        ``(2) the results of the pilot project with the University of 
    Florida to create future partnerships with Howard University and 
    other institutions for the purposes of indexing these records and 
    making them more easily accessible to the public, including 
    historians, genealogists, and students, and for any other purposes 
    determined by the Archivist.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 29 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:
``2910. Preservation of Freedmen's Bureau records.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 2910 
of title 44, United States Code (as added by section 2), a total of 
$3,000,000 for fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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