[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1589 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1589

 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide grants for the 
                 preservation of historic courthouses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 2003

 Mrs. Capito introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide grants for the 
                 preservation of historic courthouses.

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

SECTION 1. GRANTS FOR PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC COURTHOUSES.

    (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Interior may make grants 
to States and units of local government for preservation of eligible 
historic courthouses.
    (b) Eligible Historic Courthouse.--For the purposes of this 
section, an eligible historic courthouse is a courthouse--
            (1) that is at least 35 years old; and
            (2) the preservation which has not been previously 
        supported by Federal funds.
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