[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1239 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1239

 To amend the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 
 1998 to provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out 
                    the Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2007

Mr. Hastings of Florida (for himself, Mr. Castle, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
   Mr. Rangel, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Towns, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Carson, Mr. Fattah, 
    Mr. Cummings, Mr. Payne, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Scott of 
Virginia, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wynn, Ms. Moore of 
Wisconsin, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. Clay, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Cohen, 
Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. 
   Meek of Florida, and Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 
 1998 to provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out 
                    the Act, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. HIRING STAFF FOR THE NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD NETWORK.

    Section 3 of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom 
Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 469l-1) is amended by striking subsection (d) 
and adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Staff.--The Secretary shall appoint at least 8 full time 
equivalent staff to assist the Secretary in carrying out the duties 
required by the Act, including providing oversight of the grant program 
established in section 4.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.

    The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 
(16 U.S.C. 469l et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking section 4(d); and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) Amounts.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this Act $2,500,000 for each fiscal year, to be allocated as 
follows:
            ``(1) $2,000,000 is to be used for the purposes of section 
        3.
            ``(2) $500,000 is to be used for the purposes of section 4.
    ``(b) Restrictions.--No amounts may be appropriated for the 
purposes of this Act except to the Secretary for carrying out the 
responsibilities of the Secretary as set forth in this Act.
    ``(c) Carry Over.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) shall remain 
available until expended.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall take effect at the 
beginning of the next fiscal year following the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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