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[H.R. 390 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 1042
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 390
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 23, 2007
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs
September 23 (legislative day, September 17), 2008
Reported by Mr. Lieberman, with an amendment
[Insert the part printed in italic]
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AN ACT
To require the establishment of a national database in the National
Archives to preserve records of servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil
War reconstruction and to provide grants to State and local entities to
establish similar local databases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preservation of Records of
Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL DATABASE.
(a) In General.--The Archivist of the United States shall preserve
relevant records and establish, as part of the National Archives, an
electronically searchable national database consisting of historic
records of servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction,
including Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Records, the Southern
Claims Commission Records, Records of the Freedmen's Bank, Slave
Impressments Records, Slave Payroll Records, Slave Manifest, and
others, contained within the agencies and departments of the Federal
Government to assist African Americans and others in conducting
genealogical and historical research.
(b) Maintenance.--The database established under this section shall
be maintained by the National Archives or an entity within the National
Archives designated by the Archivist.
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE AND LOCAL DATABASES.
(a) In General.--The National Historical Publications and Records
Commission of the National Archives shall provide grants to States,
colleges and universities, and genealogical associations to preserve
records and establish electronically searchable databases consisting of
local records of servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War
reconstruction.
(b) Maintenance.--The databases established using grants provided
under this section shall be maintained by appropriate agencies or
institutions designated by the National Historical Publications and
Records Commission.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated--
(1) $5,000,000 to implement section 2; and
(2) $5,000,000 to provide grants under section 3.
Calendar No. 1042
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 390
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To require the establishment of a national database in the National
Archives to preserve records of servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil
War reconstruction and to provide grants to State and local entities to
establish similar local databases.
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September 23 (legislative day, September 17), 2008
Reported with an amendment