[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3447 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3447

 To reprogram $15,000,000 in savings in the Jackson Barracks military 
    construction to the Department of the Interior for the Historic 
   Preservation Fund of the National Park Service for the purpose of 
  restoring Jackson Barracks to its pre-Hurricane Katrina status as a 
                      national historic treasure.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2008

 Ms. Landrieu introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reprogram $15,000,000 in savings in the Jackson Barracks military 
    construction to the Department of the Interior for the Historic 
   Preservation Fund of the National Park Service for the purpose of 
  restoring Jackson Barracks to its pre-Hurricane Katrina status as a 
                      national historic treasure.

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

SECTION 1. REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS FOR RESTORATION OF JACKSON BARRACKS, 
              LOUISIANA.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Devastation from Hurricane Katrina in 2006 touched 
        every structure at Jackson Barracks, also causing extensive 
        damage to historic Jackson Barracks, which were constructed 
        between 1834 and 1835 and consisted of 14 Antebellum Garrison 
        Structures.
            (2) Jackson Barracks requires additional renovations and 
        restorations that are not within the scope of the Federal 
        Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which has been obligated to 
        assist in funding hurricane related damages only.
            (3) There is a pressing need to complete non-FEMA 
        subsidized restoration and renovation of the historic 
        structures at Jackson Barracks while concurrently performing 
        hurricane related repairs.
            (4) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau has agreed to 
        reprogram this $15,000,000 savings to the Department of the 
        Interior for the Historic Preservation Fund of the National 
        Park Service to assist in the completion of historic 
        preservation at Jackson Barracks, and Secretary of the Interior 
        Dirk Kempthorne has agreed to that allocation of funds.
    (b) Reprogramming of Funds.--(1) Of the amount appropriated or 
otherwise made available by the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 
(Public Law 109-234) under the heading ``Military Construction, Army 
National Guard'' and available for an Army Aviation Support Facility at 
Hammond, Louisiana, the Secretary of the Army shall transfer $2,600,000 
to the Department of the Interior for the purpose set forth in 
subsection (c).
    (2) Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by such 
Act under such heading and available for a Readiness Center at Jackson 
Barracks, Louisiana, the Secretary of the Army shall transfer 
$1,750,000 to the Department of the Interior for the purpose set forth 
in subsection (c).
    (3) Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by such 
Act under such heading and available for a Readiness Center at Hammond, 
Louisiana, the Secretary of the Army shall transfer $2,650,000 to the 
Department of the Interior for the purpose set forth in subsection (c).
    (4) Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by such 
Act under such heading and available for planning and design for 
various projects, the Secretary of the Army shall transfer $8,000,000 
to the Department of the Interior for the purpose set forth in 
subsection (c).
    (c) Use of Reprogrammed Funds.--Amounts transferred to the 
Department of the Interior pursuant to subsection (b) shall be 
allocated to the Historic Preservation Fund of the National Park 
Service, to remain available until expended, for the purpose of 
restoration, rehabilitation, and historic preservation activities at 
Jackson Barracks.
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