Designates the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House in Washington, D.C., as a national historic site. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with the National Council of Negro Women, which may provide technical and financial assistance to restore and maintain the historic site. Requires the Council to submit to the Secretary and Congress an annual report on the activities and expenditures for which such assistance was used, as a condition of the receipt of such assistance.
Authorizes appropriations to: (1) provide financial assistance to the Counsel pursuant to the cooperative agreements entered into under this Act; and (2) make grants to the Council on a 50-50 matching basis for purposes of this Act.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator McClure with amendments. With written report No. 97-534.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator McClure with amendments. With written report No. 97-534.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 772.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Enacted as Public Law 97-329
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Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 97-329.
Became Public Law No: 97-329.