Sets forth: (1) grant conditions; (2) a 20 percent non-Federal funds matching requirement; and (3) a limitation on the total amount of such grants in a fiscal year. Requires such amount for FY 2001 to be distributed equally among the following institutions: (1) Mississippi University for Women; (2) Georgia College and State University; (3) University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina; (4) Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina; (5) University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama; (6) Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas; and (7) University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Requires such amounts for FY 2002 through 2005 also to be distributed among such institutions if they remain eligible and wish to participate, on a uniform basis, for such fiscal years.
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2581 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2581
To provide for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings
at historically women's public colleges or universities.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 17, 2000
Mr. Sessions (for himself, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Lott, Mr. Shelby, Mr.
Cochran, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Helms, Mr.
Edwards, Mr. Inhofe, and Mrs. Hutchison) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings
at historically women's public colleges or universities.
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 ``Historically Women's Public Colleges
or Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation Act''.
SEC. 2. PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANTS FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND
STRUCTURES AT HISTORICALLY WOMEN'S PUBLIC COLLEGES OR
UNIVERSITIES.
(a) Authority To Make Grants.--
(1) In general.--From amounts made available under
paragraph (2), the Secretary of Interior (referred to in this
Act as the ``Secretary'') shall award grants in accordance with
this section to historically women's public colleges or
universities (defined as public institutions of higher learning
as established in the United States between 1884 and 1908 to
provide industrial education for women) for the preservation
and restoration of historic buildings and structures on their
campuses.
(2) Source of funding.--Grants under paragraph (1) shall be
awarded from amounts appropriated to carry out the National
Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) for fiscal
years 2001 through 2005.
(b) Grant Conditions.--Grants made under subsection (a) shall be
subject to the condition that the grantee agree, for the period of time
specified by the Secretary, that--
(1) no alteration will be made in the property with respect
to which the grant is made without the concurrence of the
Secretary; and
(2) reasonable public access to the property for which the
grant is made will be permitted by the grantee for interpretive
and educational purposes.
(c) Matching Requirement.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), the
Secretary may obligate funds made available under this section for a
grant only if the grantee agrees to provide for activities under the
grant, from funds derived from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to
20 percent of the costs of the program to be funded under the grant
with the Secretary providing 80 percent of such costs under the grant.
(d) Funding Provisions.--
(1) Amounts to be made available.--Not more than
$14,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005 may
be made available under this section.
(2) Allocations for fiscal year 2001.--
(A) In general.--Of the amounts made available
under this section for fiscal year 2001--
(i) $2,000,000 shall be available only for
grants under subsection (a) to Mississippi
University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi;
(ii) $2,000,000 shall be available only for
grants under subsection (a) to Georgia College
and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia;
(iii) $2,000,000 shall be available only
for grants under subsection (a) to the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro in
Greensboro, North Carolina;
(iv) $2,000,000 shall be available only for
grants under subsection (a) to Winthrop
University in Rock Hill, South Carolina;
(v) $2,000,000 shall be available only for
grants under subsection (a) to the University
of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama;
(vi) $2,000,000 shall be available only for
grants under subsection (a) to the Texas
Woman's University in Denton, Texas; and
(vii) $2,000,000 shall be available only
for grants under subsection (a) to the
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in
Chickasha, Oklahoma.
(B) Less than $14,000,000 available.--If less than
$14,000,000 is made available under this section for
fiscal year 2001, then the amount made available to
each of the 7 institutions under subparagraph (A) shall
be reduced by a uniform percentage.
(3) Allocations for fiscal years 2002-2005.--Any funds
which are made available during fiscal years 2002 through 2005
under subsection (a)(2) shall be distributed by the Secretary
in accordance with the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (B)
of paragraph (2) to those grantees named in paragraph (2)(A)
which remain eligible and desire to participate, on a uniform
basis, in such fiscal years.
(e) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations
as are necessary to carry out this Act.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4108-4109)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4109)
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