[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1239 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1239


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 24, 2007

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

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 
  1998 to authorize additional funding 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 Amendments Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. 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 3(d);
            (2) by striking section 4(d); and
            (3) 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.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect at the beginning 
of the fiscal year immediately following the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2007.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.

                               By Deborah M. Spriggs,

                                                          Deputy Clerk.