A bill to amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize additional appropriations for historically black colleges and universities, to decrease the cost-sharing requirement relating to the additional appropriations, and for other purposes.

Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make a grant to an eligible historically black college or university for the preservation and/or restoration of a building or structure listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places if the grantee agrees to provide funds derived from non-Federal sources in an amount equal to 30 percent (currently, a matching amount) of the total cost of the project. Authorizes additional appropriations for such grants.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[S. 2613 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2613

 To amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management 
  Act of 1996 to authorize additional appropriations for historically 
     black colleges and universities, to decrease the cost-sharing 
 requirement relating to the additional appropriations, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2002

  Mr. Lieberman (for himself and Mr. Miller) 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 amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management 
  Act of 1996 to authorize additional appropriations for historically 
     black colleges and universities, to decrease the cost-sharing 
 requirement relating to the additional appropriations, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. DECREASED MATCHING REQUIREMENT; AUTHORIZATION OF 
              APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Decreased Matching Requirement.--Section 507(c) of the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 470a note) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1) Except'' and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Except'';
            (2) by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
        ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'';
            (3) by striking ``(2) The Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary'';
            (4) by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting 
        ``paragraphs (1) and (3)''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Exception.--The Secretary may obligate funds made 
        available under subsection (d)(2) for a grant with respect to a 
        building or structure listed on, or eligible for listing on, 
        the National Register of Historic Places only if the grantee 
        agrees to provide, from funds derived from non-Federal sources, 
        an amount that is equal to 30 percent of the total cost of the 
        project for which the grant is provided.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriation.--Section 507(d) of the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 470a note) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Pursuant to'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) 1996 authorization.--Pursuant to''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Additional authorization.--In addition to amounts 
        made available under paragraph (1), pursuant to section 108 of 
        the National Historic Preservation Act, there are authorized to 
        be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the 
        purposes of this section.''.
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