[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1469 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1469

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for grants to repair 
                          veterans memorials.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2001

   Mr. John introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for grants to repair 
                          veterans memorials.

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

SECTION 1. GRANTS TO REPAIR VETERANS MEMORIALS.

    (a) Establishment of Grant Program.--Chapter 24 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2412 Grants to repair memorials
    ``(a) Establishment of Grant Program.--Subject to the succeeding 
provisions of this section, the Secretary may make grants to a State or 
a qualified organization for the purpose of repairing or restoring a 
covered memorial.
    ``(b) Application.--A grant under this section may be made only 
upon submission of an application to the Secretary in such form and 
manner, and containing such information, as the Secretary may require.
    ``(c) Amount of Grant.--(1) The amount of a grant under this 
section may not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the repair or 
restoration of the covered memorial, as determined by the Secretary.
    ``(2) The recipient of the grant shall contribute the excess of the 
aggregate costs of the repair of the covered memorial over the grant.
    ``(3) If a recipient of a grant under this section uses any part of 
the funds provided through such grant for a purpose other than that for 
which the grant was made, the United States shall be entitled to 
recover from such recipient the total of all grants made under this 
section to such recipient in connection with the repair or restoration 
of the covered memorial.
    ``(d) Use of Grant Funds.--Sums received pursuant to a grant in 
this section shall be used for the sole purpose of repairing or 
restoring a covered memorial.
    ``(e) Standards.--A repair or restoration of a covered memorial 
under a grant under this section shall conform to such standards and 
guidelines as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe.
    ``(f) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may by 
regulation prescribe such additional terms and conditions for grants 
under this section as the Secretary considers appropriate.
    ``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `qualified organization' means any 
        organization described in section 5902(a) of this title.
            ``(2) The term `covered memorial' means a memorial or 
        monument that the Secretary determines commemorates the service 
        in the Armed Forces of an individual, or group of individuals, 
        or a particular military event, but does not include any 
        memorial or monument under the administrative jurisdiction of 
        the Secretary of the Interior.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--(1) There is authorized to 
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002 and 
for each succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2006 for the 
purpose of making grants under subsection (a).
    ``(2) Sums appropriated under paragraph (1) of this section shall 
remain available until expended. If all funds from a grant under this 
section have not been utilized by a recipient for the purpose for which 
the grant was made within three years after such grant is made, the 
United States shall be entitled to recover any such unused grant funds 
from such recipient.''.
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