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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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[CITE: 16USC469l-2]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
     CHAPTER 1A--HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, AND ANTIQUITIES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 469l-2. Preservation of historic sites or structures


(a) Authority to make grants

    The Secretary of the Interior may make grants in accordance with 
this section for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings 
or structures associated with the Underground Railroad, and for related 
research and documentation to sites, programs, or facilities that have 
been included in the national network.

(b) Grant conditions

    Any grant made under this section shall provide that--
        (1) no change or alteration may be made in property for which 
    the grant is used except with the agreement of the property owner 
    and the Secretary;
        (2) the Secretary shall have the right of access at reasonable 
    times to the public portions of such property for interpretive and 
    other purposes; and
        (3) conversion, use, or disposal of such property for purposes 
    contrary to the purposes of sections 469l to 469l-2 of this title, 
    as determined by the Secretary, shall result in a right of the 
    United States to compensation equal to all Federal funds made 
    available to the grantee under sections 469l to 469l-2 of this 
    title.

(c) Matching requirement

    The Secretary may obligate funds made available for a grant under 
this section only if the grantee agrees to match, from funds derived 
from non-Federal sources, the amount of the grant with an amount that is 
equal to or greater than the grant. The Secretary may waive the 
requirement of the preceding sentence with respect to a grant if the 
Secretary determines that an extreme emergency exists or that such a 
waiver is in the public interest to assure the preservation of 
historically significant resources.

(d) Funding

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 
purposes of this section $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2001 and each 
subsequent fiscal year. Amounts authorized but not appropriated in a 
fiscal year shall be available for appropriation in subsequent fiscal 
years.

(Pub. L. 105-203, Sec. 4, as added Pub. L. 106-291, title I, 
Sec. 150(h), Oct. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 959.)


              National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

    Pub. L. 106-291, title I, Sec. 150(b), Oct. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 956, 
provided that:
    ``(1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
        ``(A) the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center 
    (hereinafter `Freedom Center') is a nonprofit organization 
    incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio in 1995;
        ``(B) the objectives of the Freedom Center are to interpret the 
    history of the Underground Railroad through development of a 
    national cultural institution in Cincinnati, Ohio, that will house 
    an interpretive center, including museum, educational, and research 
    facilities, all dedicated to communicating to the public the 
    importance of the quest for human freedom which provided the 
    foundation for the historic and inspiring story of the Underground 
    Railroad;
        ``(C) the city of Cincinnati has granted exclusive development 
    rights for a prime riverfront location to the Freedom Center;
        ``(D) the Freedom Center will be a national center linked 
    through state-of-the-art technology to Underground Railroad sites 
    and facilities throughout the United States and to a constituency 
    that reaches across the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean 
    and beyond; and
        ``(E) the Freedom Center has reached an agreement with the 
    National Park Service to pursue a range of historical and 
    educational cooperative activities related to the Underground 
    Railroad, including but not limited to assisting the National Park 
    Service in the implementation of the National Underground Railroad 
    Network to Freedom Act [16 U.S.C. 469l et seq.].
    ``(2) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
        ``(A) to promote preservation and public awareness of the 
    history of the Underground Railroad;
        ``(B) to assist the Freedom Center in the development of its 
    programs and facilities in Cincinnati, Ohio; and
        ``(C) to assist the National Park Service in the implementation 
    of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act (112 
    Stat. 679; 16 U.S.C. 469l and following).''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 469l, 469l-1 of this title.
