§ 1153. Underground Railroad educational and cultural program

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1998

   Community Scholarship Mobilization Act

   Pub. L. 105–244 title VIII § 841 · 112 Stat. 1581

   Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1153

   Pub. L. 105–244, title VIII, § 841, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1820

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 105–244, title VIII, § 841, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1820

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 841. UNDERGROUND RAILROAD EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAM. (a) Program Established.— The Secretary of Education, in consultation and cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized to make grants to 1 or more nonprofit educational organizations that are established to research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the history of the Underground Railroad. (b) Grant Agreement.— Each nonprofit educational organization awarded a grant under this section shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Education. Each such agreement shall require the organization— (1) to establish a facility to house, display, and interpret the artifacts related to the history of the Underground Railroad, and to make the interpretive efforts available to institutions of higher education that award a baccalaureate or graduate degree; (2) to demonstrate substantial private support for the facility through the implementation of a public-private partnership between a State or local public entity and a private entity for the support of the facility, which private entity shall provide matching funds for the support of the facility in an amount equal to 4 times the amount of the contribution of the state or local public entity, except that not more than 20 percent of the matching funds may be provided by the Federal Government; (3) to create an endowment to fund any and all shortfalls in the costs of the on-going operations of the facility; (4) to establish a network of satellite centers throughout the United States to help disseminate information regarding the Underground Railroad throughout the United States, if such satellite centers raise 80 percent of the funds required to establish the satellite centers from non-Federal public and private sources; (5) to establish the capability to electronically link the facility with other local and regional facilities that have collections and programs which interpret the history of the Underground Railroad; and (6) to submit, for each fiscal year for which the organization Reports. receives funding under this section, a report to the Secretary of Education that contains— (A) a description of the programs and activities supported by the funding; (B) the audited financial statement of the organization for the preceding fiscal year; (C) a plan for the programs and activities to be sup-ported by the funding as the Secretary may require; and (D) an evaluation of the programs and activities sup-ported by the funding as the Secretary may require. (c) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.

2. 2008

   Higher Education Opportunity Act

   Pub. L. 110–315 § 933(1) · 122 Stat. 3078

   Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 1153(a)

   Pub. L. 110–315, § 933(1), inserted “, including the lessons to be drawn from such history” after “Underground Railroad”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–315, § 933(1), inserted “, including the lessons to be drawn from such history” after “Underground Railroad”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in subsection (a), by inserting “, including the lessons to be drawn from such history” after “Railroad”;

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 111–39 effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–315 (Aug. 14, 2008), see section 3 of Pub. L. 111–39, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

3. 2008

   Higher Education Opportunity Act

   Pub. L. 110–315 § 933(2)(A) · 122 Stat. 3078

   1. Added · 20 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(1); 20 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(2)

      Pub. L. 110–315, § 933(2)(A), added pars. (1) and (2)

   2. Struck · 20 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(1); 20 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(2)

      Pub. L. 110–315, § 933(2)(A), struck out former pars. (1) and (2) which read as follows:

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(1), (2). Pub. L. 110–315, § 933(2)(A), added pars. (1) and (2) and struck out former pars. (1) and (2) which read as follows:

   “(1) to establish a facility to house, display, and interpret the artifacts related to the history of the Underground Railroad, and to make the interpretive efforts available to institutions of higher education that award a baccalaureate or graduate degree; “(2) to demonstrate substantial private support for the facility through the implementation of a public-private partnership between a State or local public entity and a private entity for the support of the facility, which private entity shall provide matching funds for the support of the facility in an amount equal to 4 times the amount of the contribution of the State or local public entity, except that not more than 20 percent of the matching funds may be provided by the Federal Government;”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following: “(1) to establish a facility to— “(A) house, display, interpret, and communicate information regarding the artifacts and other materials related to the history of the Underground Railroad, including the lessons to be drawn from such history; “(B) maintain such artifacts and materials; and “(C) make the efforts described in subparagraph (A) available, including through electronic means, to elementary and secondary schools, institutions of higher education, and the general public; “(2) to demonstrate substantial public and private support for the operation of the facility through the implementation of a public-private partnership between one or more State or local public entities and one or more private entities, which public-private partnership shall provide matching funds from non-federal sources for the support of the facility in an amount equal to or greater than four times the amount of the grant awarded under this section;” ;

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 111–39 effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–315 (Aug. 14, 2008), see section 3 of Pub. L. 111–39, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

4. 2008

   Higher Education Opportunity Act

   Pub. L. 110–315 § 933(2)(B) · 122 Stat. 3078

   Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(4)

   Pub. L. 110–315, § 933(2)(B), inserted “and maintain” after “establish” in two places and “including the lessons to be drawn from the history of the Underground Railroad,” after “United States,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 110–315, § 933(2)(B), inserted “and maintain” after “establish” in two places and “including the lessons to be drawn from the history of the Underground Railroad,” after “United States,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) in paragraph (4)— (i) by inserting “and maintain” after “establish”; and (ii) by inserting “including the lessons to be drawn from the history of the Underground Railroad,” after “States,”; and

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 111–39 effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–315 (Aug. 14, 2008), see section 3 of Pub. L. 111–39, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

5. 2008

   Higher Education Opportunity Act

   Pub. L. 110–315 § 933(2)(C) · 122 Stat. 3078

   Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(5)

   Pub. L. 110–315, § 933(2)(C), inserted “and maintain” after “establish” and “, including the lessons to be drawn from such history” after “Underground Railroad”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 110–315, § 933(2)(C), inserted “and maintain” after “establish” and “, including the lessons to be drawn from such history” after “Underground Railroad”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (C) in paragraph (5)— (i) by inserting “and maintain” after “establish”; and (ii) by inserting “, including the lessons to be drawn from such history” after “Railroad”; and

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 111–39 effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–315 (Aug. 14, 2008), see section 3 of Pub. L. 111–39, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

6. 2008

   Higher Education Opportunity Act

   Pub. L. 110–315 § 933(3) · 122 Stat. 3078

   Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 1153(c)

   Pub. L. 110–315, § 933(3), substituted “$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years” for “this section $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2003”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–315, § 933(3), substituted “$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years” for “this section $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2003”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) in Appropriations authorization. subsection (c), by striking “this section” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting “$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 111–39 effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–315 (Aug. 14, 2008), see section 3 of Pub. L. 111–39, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

7. 2009

   Pub. L. 111–39 title VIII § 802(a)(2) · 123 Stat. 1934

   Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 1153(c)

   Pub. L. 111–39 inserted “this section” after “to carry out”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–39 inserted “this section” after “to carry out”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) Underground railroad.— Section 841(c) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1153(c)) is amended by inserting “this section” after “to carry out”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 111–39 effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–315 (Aug. 14, 2008), see section 3 of Pub. L. 111–39, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

8 of 8 references resolved to an enrolled provision