[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1541 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1541


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 1, 2015

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

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To amend title 54, United States Code, to make Hispanic-serving 
 institutions eligible for technical and financial assistance for the 
      establishment of preservation training and degree programs.

    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 ``Preservation Research at 
Institutions Serving Minorities Act'' or the ``PRISM Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS AND ASIAN AMERICAN 
              AND NATIVE AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER-SERVING INSTITUTIONS 
              FOR ASSISTANCE FOR PRESERVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 303903(3) of title 54, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``to Hispanic-serving institutions (as defined in section 
502(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a))) and 
Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving 
institutions (as defined in section 320(b) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b))),'' after ``universities,''.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 30, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.