[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 259 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 259

  To authorize the establishment of the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna 
             Memorial Archives at the University of Hawaii.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 11, 2007

 Mr. Akaka (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Reid, Mr. Stevens, 
 Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Biden, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Domenici, Mr. 
 Dorgan, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lott, 
 Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
 Specter, and Mrs. Dole) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                                Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the establishment of the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna 
             Memorial Archives at the University of Hawaii.

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

SECTION 1. HENRY KUUALOHA GIUGNI KUPUNA MEMORIAL ARCHIVES.

    (a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of Education is authorized to 
award a grant to the University of Hawaii Academy for Creative Media 
for the establishment, maintenance, and periodic modernization of the 
Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Memorial Archives at the University of 
Hawaii.
    (b) Use of Funds.--The Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Memorial 
Archives shall use the grant funds received under this section--
            (1) to facilitate the acquisition of a secure web 
        accessible repository of Native Hawaiian historical data rich 
        in ethnic and cultural significance to our Nation for 
        preservation and access by future generations;
            (2) to award scholarships to facilitate access to a college 
        education for students who can not independently afford such 
        education;
            (3) to support programmatic efforts associated with the 
        web-based media projects of the archives;
            (4) to create educational materials, from the contents of 
        the archives, that are applicable to a broad range of 
        indigenous students such as Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, 
        and Native American Indians;
            (5) to develop outreach initiatives that introduce the 
        archival collections to elementary schools and secondary 
        schools;
            (6) to develop supplemental web-based resources that define 
        terms and cultural practices innate to Native Hawaiians;
            (7) to rent, lease, purchase, maintain, or repair 
        educational facilities to house the archival collections;
            (8) to rent, lease, purchase, maintain, or repair computer 
        equipment for use by elementary schools and secondary schools 
        in accessing the archival collections;
            (9) to provide pre-service and in-service teacher training 
        to develop a core group of kindergarten through grade 12 
        teachers who are able to provide instruction in a way that is 
        culturally congruent with the learning modalities of the 
        kindergarten, elementary school, or secondary school students 
        the teachers are teaching, particularly indigenous students 
        such as Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, and Native American 
        Indians, in order to--
                    (A) ameliorate the lack of cultural congruence 
                between the teachers and the students the teachers 
                teach; and
                    (B) improve student achievement; and
            (10) to increase the economic and financial literacy of 
        college students through the proliferation of proven best 
        practices used at other institutions of higher education that 
        result in positive behavioral change toward improved debt and 
        credit management and economic decision making.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, 
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such sums as may be necessary for 
each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2012.
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