117 HR 6589 IH: Historic Preservation Enhancement Act U.S. House of Representatives 2022-02-03 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 6589IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 3, 2022Ms. Leger Fernandez (for herself and Mr. Blumenauer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concernedA BILLTo amend title 54, United States Code, to increase amounts deposited in the Historic Preservation Fund, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Historic Preservation Enhancement Act.

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Amendments to Historic Preservation Fund provisions

(a)

Funding

Section 303102 of title 54, United States Code, is amended—(1)by striking For each and inserting (a) In general.— For each;(2)by striking of fiscal years 2012 to 2023 and inserting fiscal year,;(3)by striking $150,000,000 and inserting $300,000,000; and(4)by adding at the end the following: (b)

Deposits

Should revenues described in subsection (a) be insufficient to deposit in the Historic Preservation Fund the amount described in such subsection, the difference shall be deposited from amounts in the General Treasury..(b)

Use and availability

Section 303103 of title 54, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

303103.

Use and availability

(a)

In general

Any amounts deposited in the Historic Preservation Fund under section 303102 for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be made available for expenditure for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, to carry out this division (including programs made available from the Historic Preservation Fund). (b)

Allocation authority

(1)

Submission of cost estimates

The President shall submit to Congress detailed program allocations of the full amount made available under subsection (a)— (A)for fiscal year 2023, not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Historic Preservation Enhancement Act; and(B)for each fiscal year thereafter, as part of the annual budget submission of the President.(2)

Alternate allocation

(A)

In general

Appropriations Acts may provide for alternate allocation of amounts made available under subsection (a), including allocations by program.(B)

Allocation by President

(i)

No alternate allocations

If Congress has not enacted legislation establishing alternate allocations by the date on which the Act making full-year appropriations for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for the applicable fiscal year is enacted into law, amounts made available under subsection (a) shall be allocated by the President.(ii)

Insufficient alternate allocation

If Congress enacts legislation establishing alternate allocations for amounts made available under subsection (a) that are less than the full amount appropriated under such subsection, the difference between the amount appropriated and the alternate allocation shall be allocated by the President.(3)

Annual Report

The President shall submit to Congress an annual report that describes the final allocation by program and project of amounts made available under subsection (a), including a description of the status of obligations and expenditures.

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