[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1606 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 1606


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2002

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
 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 FOR HISTORIC BUILDING 
              RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION AT HISTORICALLY BLACK 
              COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES; AUTHORIZATION OF 
              APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Decreased Matching Requirement.--Section 507(c) of the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-333; 16 
U.S.C. 470a note) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary may obligate funds made available under subsection 
        (d) 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.''; and
            (2) by striking ``(2) The Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--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 such sums as may be necessary to carry out the 
        purposes of this section.''.
    (c) Application of Amendment.--Subsection (c)(1) of section 507 of 
the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, as amended 
by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to--
            (1) funds made available under subsection (d)(2) of such 
        section, as added by subsection (b); and
            (2) funds made available under subsection (d)(1) of such 
        section, as amended by subsection (b), that remain unobligated 
        as of the date of the enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.