[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 90 (Friday, June 25, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S7527]
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 SERVITUDE AND EMANCIPATION ARCHIVAL RESEARCH CLEARINGHOUSE ACT OF 2005

  Mr. FRIST. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 589, S. 
1292.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1292) to establish a servitude and emancipation 
     archival research clearinghouse in the National Archives.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
bill had been reported from the Committee on Governmental Affairs, with 
amendments, as follows:

  [Strike the parts shown in black brackets and insert the parts shown 
in italic.]

                                S. 1292

       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 ``Servitude and Emancipation 
     Archival Research ClearingHouse Act of 2003'' or the ``SEARCH 
     Act of 2003''.

     SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF DATABASE.

       (a) In General.--The Archivist of the United States shall 
     establish, as a part of the National Archives, a national 
     database consisting of historic records of servitude and 
     emancipation in the United States to assist African Americans 
     in researching their genealogy.
       (b) Maintenance.--The database established by this Act 
     shall be maintained by the National Historical Publications 
     and Records Commission.

     SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated--
       (1) $5,000,000 to establish the national database 
     authorized by this Act; [and]
       (2) such sums as are necessary to operate and maintain the 
     national database authorized by this Act; and 
       [(2)](3) $5,000,000 to provide grants to States [and 
     colleges and universities,] colleges and universities, 
     libraries, and museums to preserve local records of servitude 
     and emancipation.

  Mr. FRIST. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
committee amendments be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a 
third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendments were agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1292), as amended, was read the third time and passed, 
as follows:

                                S. 1292

       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 ``Servitude and Emancipation 
     Archival Research ClearingHouse Act of 2004'' or the ``SEARCH 
     Act of 2004''.

     SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF DATABASE.

       (a) In General.--The Archivist of the United States shall 
     establish, as a part of the National Archives, a national 
     database consisting of historic records of servitude and 
     emancipation in the United States to assist African Americans 
     in researching their genealogy.
       (b) Maintenance.--The database established by this Act 
     shall be maintained by the National Historical Publications 
     and Records Commission.

     SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated--
       (1) $5,000,000 to establish the national database 
     authorized by this Act;
       (2) such sums as are necessary to operate and maintain the 
     national database authorized by this Act; and
       (3) $5,000,000 to provide grants to States, colleges and 
     universities, libraries, and museums to preserve local 
     records of servitude and emancipation.

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