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S. 1559 (es) To provide for the design, construction, furnishing, and equipping of a Center for Historically Black Heritage within Florida A&M University. ...
S.1559
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven
An Act
To provide for the design, construction, furnishing, and equipping of a
Center for Historically Black Heritage within Florida A&M University.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONSTRUCTION OF A CENTER FOR REGIONAL BLACK CULTURE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Currently 500,000 historically important artifacts of the
Civil War era and the early days of the civil rights movement in
the Southeast region of the United States are housed at Florida A&M
University.
(2) To preserve this large repository of African-American
history and artifacts it is appropriate that the Federal Government
share in the cost of construction of this national repository for
culture and history.
(b) Definition.--In this section:
(1) Center.--The term ``Center'' means the Center for
Historically Black Heritage at Florida A&M University.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
the Interior acting through the Director of the National Park
Service.
(c) Construction of Center.--The Secretary may award a grant to the
State of Florida to pay for the Federal share of the cost, design,
construction, furnishing, and equipping of the Center at Florida A&M
University.
(d) Grant Requirements.--
(1) In general.--In order to receive a grant awarded under
subsection (c), Florida A&M University, shall submit to the
Secretary a proposal.
(2) Federal share.--The Federal share described in subsection
(c) shall be 50 percent.
(e) Authorization of Appropriation.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out this section
a total of $3,800,000 for fiscal year 1998 and any succeeding fiscal
years. Funds appropriated pursuant to the authority of the preceding
sentence shall remain available until expanded.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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