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                                                 Union Calendar No. 157
110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1239

                          [Report No. 110-248]

 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

                             July 23, 2007

    Additional sponsors: Mr. Waxman, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Brady of 
   Pennsylvania, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Wolf, Mr. 
 Grijalva, Ms. Castor, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Souder, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
Pitts, Mr. Levin, Mr. Marshall, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
  Higgins, Mr. Watt, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Moran of 
Virginia, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, Mrs. 
Christensen, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Tiahrt, Ms. 
     Woolsey, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
   McDermott, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Sestak, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Norton, Ms. 
              Kilpatrick, and Mr. Miller of North Carolina

                             July 23, 2007

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 28, 2007]

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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 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.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill 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.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 157

110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1239

                          [Report No. 110-248]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 23, 2007

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed