A bill to reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program.

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10 cosponsors · 4 D, 5 R, 1 I

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Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to one or more nonprofit educational organizations established to research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the history of the Underground Railroad.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 12, 2007

Requires each grant agreement to require the organization to: (1) establish a facility to house, display, and interpret the artifacts related to the history of the Underground Railroad; (2) 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 providing certain matching funds; (3) create an endowment to fund shortfalls in the costs of ongoing facility operations; (4) establish a network of satellite centers throughout the United States to help disseminate information regarding the Underground Railroad; and (5) establish the capability to link the facility electronically with other local and regional facilities with interpretive Underground Railroad collections and programs.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A bill to reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program.

Latest action (Jun 12, 2007): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Policy area: Social Sciences and History · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 12, 2007

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.