Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act

Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award a $10 million grant to Neighborhood House of St. Paul, Minnesota, to finance the construction of a new community center in St. Paul, to be known as the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building. Authorizes appropriations.

[107th Congress Public Law 316]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


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Public Law 107-316
107th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To provide a grant for the construction of a new community center in St. 
  Paul, Minnesota, in honor of the late Senator Paul Wellstone and his 
       beloved wife, Sheila. <<NOTE: Dec. 2, 2002 -  [S. 3156]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Paul and Sheila Wellstone 
Center for Community Building Act.>> assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for 
Community Building Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Senator Paul Wellstone was a tireless advocate for the 
        people of Minnesota, particularly for new immigrants and the 
        economically disadvantaged.
            (2) Paul and Sheila Wellstone loved St. Paul, Minnesota, and 
        often walked the neighborhoods of St. Paul to better understand 
        the needs of the people.
            (3) Neighborhood House was founded in the late 1800's in St. 
        Paul, Minnesota, by the women of Mount Zion Temple as a 
        settlement house to help newly arrived Eastern European Jewish 
        immigrants establish a new life and thrive in their new 
        community.
            (4) Paul and Sheila Wellstone were very committed to 
        Neighborhood House and its mission to improve the lives of its 
        residents.
            (5) When Senator Wellstone became aware that the 
        Neighborhood House Community Center was no longer adequate to 
        meet the needs of the St. Paul community, he suggested that 
        Neighborhood House request Federal funding to construct a new 
        facility.
            (6) As an honor to Paul and Sheila Wellstone, a Federal 
        grant shall be awarded to Neighborhood House to be used for the 
        design and construction of a new community center in St. Paul, 
        Minnesota, to be known as ``The Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center 
        for Community Building''.

SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION GRANT.

    (a) Grant Authorized.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall award a grant to Neighborhood House of St. Paul, 
Minnesota, to finance the construction of a new community center in St. 
Paul, Minnesota, to be known as ``The Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center 
for Community Building''.

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    (b) Maximum Amount.--The grant awarded under this section shall be 
$10,000,000.
    (c) Use of Funds.--Funds awarded under this section shall only be 
used for the design and construction of the Paul and Sheila Wellstone 
Center for Community Building.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, which shall remain 
available until expended, to carry out this Act.

    Approved December 2, 2002.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3156:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 148 (2002):
            Nov. 14, considered and passed Senate and House.

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