To strike the earmarks for the Save America's Treasure program and to provide criteria for the distribution of grants under that program.

SA 2514. Mrs. McCASKILL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the
Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; as
follows:

On page 135, line 2, before the period at the end, insert
the following: ``, of which, notwithstanding the chart under
the heading `Save America's Treasures' on page 30 of Senate
Report 111-38, the entire amount shall be distributed by the
Secretary of the Interior in the form of competitive grants
on the basis of the following criteria: (1) the collection or
historic property must be nationally significant; (2) the
collection or historic property must be threatened or
endangered; (3) the application must document the urgent
preservation or conservation need; (4) projects must
substantially mitigate the threat and must have a clear
public benefit; (5) the project must be feasible; and (6) the
application must document adequately the required non-Federal
match''
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