To amend the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the authorization of the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, and for other purposes.

This bill extends the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission and increases the total amount that may be appropriated for the corridor.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8916 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8916

    To amend the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the 
    authorization of the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor 
                  Commission, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2020

 Mr. Clyburn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the 
    authorization of the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor 
                  Commission, 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. GULLAH/GEECHEE CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT AMENDMENTS.

    The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act (Public Law 109-338; 16 
U.S.C. 461 note) is amended as follows:
            (1) Commission.--In section 295D(d), by striking ``15 
        years'' and inserting ``25 years''.
            (2) Meeting requirements.--By repealing section 295E(a)(4).
            (3) Funding.--In section 295K(a), by striking 
        ``$10,000,000'' and inserting ``$30,000,000''.
            (4) Technical amendment.--By striking ``Gullah/Geechee'' 
        each place it appears in any typeface and inserting ``Gullah 
        Geechee'' in the respective typeface.
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