[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1606 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1606

 To amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management 
  Act of 1996 to authorize additional appropriations for historically 
 black colleges and universities, to decrease the matching requirement 
        related to such appropriations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2001

Mr. Clyburn (for himself, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. Carson 
of Indiana, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Clay, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Clement, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Ford, Mr. 
    Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. 
   Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
  Texas, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. McKinney, 
 Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. Millender-McDonald, 
Ms. Norton, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rush, Mr. Scott, Mr. 
Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Towns, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
 Watt of North Carolina, and Mr. Wynn) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management 
  Act of 1996 to authorize additional appropriations for historically 
 black colleges and universities, to decrease the matching requirement 
        related to such appropriations, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. DECREASED MATCHING REQUIREMENT; AUTHORIZATION OF 
              APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Decreased Matching Requirement.--Section 507(c) of the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 470a note) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1) Except'' and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Except'';
            (2) by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
        ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'';
            (3) by striking ``(2) The Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary'';
            (4) by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting 
        ``paragraphs (1) and (3)''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Exception.--The Secretary may obligate funds made 
        available under subsection (d)(2) for a grant with respect to a 
        building or structure listed on, or eligible for listing on, 
        the National Register of Historic Places only if the grantee 
        agrees to provide, from funds derived from non-Federal sources, 
        an amount that is equal to 30 percent of the total cost of the 
        project for which the grant is provided.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriation.--Section 507(d) of the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 470a note) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Pursuant to'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) 1996 authorization.--Pursuant to''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Additional authorization.--In addition to amounts 
        made available under paragraph (1), pursuant to section 108 of 
        the National Historic Preservation Act, there is authorized to 
        be appropriated $530,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this 
        section.''.
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