[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2581 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2581

 To provide for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings 
        at historically women's public colleges or universities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 17, 2000

  Mr. Sessions (for himself, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Lott, Mr. Shelby, Mr. 
   Cochran, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Helms, Mr. 
Edwards, Mr. Inhofe, and Mrs. Hutchison) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings 
        at historically women's public colleges or universities.

    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 ``Historically Women's Public Colleges 
or Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANTS FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND 
              STRUCTURES AT HISTORICALLY WOMEN'S PUBLIC COLLEGES OR 
              UNIVERSITIES.

    (a) Authority To Make Grants.--
            (1) In general.--From amounts made available under 
        paragraph (2), the Secretary of Interior (referred to in this 
        Act as the ``Secretary'') shall award grants in accordance with 
        this section to historically women's public colleges or 
        universities (defined as public institutions of higher learning 
        as established in the United States between 1884 and 1908 to 
        provide industrial education for women) for the preservation 
        and restoration of historic buildings and structures on their 
        campuses.
            (2) Source of funding.--Grants under paragraph (1) shall be 
        awarded from amounts appropriated to carry out the National 
        Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) for fiscal 
        years 2001 through 2005.
    (b) Grant Conditions.--Grants made under subsection (a) shall be 
subject to the condition that the grantee agree, 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 for which the 
        grant is made will be permitted by the grantee for interpretive 
        and educational purposes.
    (c) Matching Requirement.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), the 
Secretary may obligate funds made available under this section for a 
grant only if the grantee agrees to provide for activities under the 
grant, from funds derived from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 
20 percent of the costs of the program to be funded under the grant 
with the Secretary providing 80 percent of such costs under the grant.
    (d) Funding Provisions.--
            (1) Amounts to be made available.--Not more than 
        $14,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005 may 
        be made available under this section.
            (2) Allocations for fiscal year 2001.--
                    (A) In general.--Of the amounts made available 
                under this section for fiscal year 2001--
                            (i) $2,000,000 shall be available only for 
                        grants under subsection (a) to Mississippi 
                        University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi;
                            (ii) $2,000,000 shall be available only for 
                        grants under subsection (a) to Georgia College 
                        and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia;
                            (iii) $2,000,000 shall be available only 
                        for grants under subsection (a) to the 
                        University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 
                        Greensboro, North Carolina;
                            (iv) $2,000,000 shall be available only for 
                        grants under subsection (a) to Winthrop 
                        University in Rock Hill, South Carolina;
                            (v) $2,000,000 shall be available only for 
                        grants under subsection (a) to the University 
                        of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama;
                            (vi) $2,000,000 shall be available only for 
                        grants under subsection (a) to the Texas 
                        Woman's University in Denton, Texas; and
                            (vii) $2,000,000 shall be available only 
                        for grants under subsection (a) to the 
                        University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in 
                        Chickasha, Oklahoma.
                    (B) Less than $14,000,000 available.--If less than 
                $14,000,000 is made available under this section for 
                fiscal year 2001, then the amount made available to 
                each of the 7 institutions under subparagraph (A) shall 
                be reduced by a uniform percentage.
            (3) Allocations for fiscal years 2002-2005.--Any funds 
        which are made available during fiscal years 2002 through 2005 
        under subsection (a)(2) shall be distributed by the Secretary 
        in accordance with the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
        of paragraph (2) to those grantees named in paragraph (2)(A) 
        which remain eligible and desire to participate, on a uniform 
        basis, in such fiscal years.
    (e) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations 
as are necessary to carry out this Act.
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