HR 3981 · 110th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Preserve America and Save America's Treasures Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 867.(2008-07-09)
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Preserve America and Save America's Treasures Act - Establishes the Preserve America Program, under which the Secretary of the Interior, in partnership with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, shall provide competitive grants to specified entities to support preservation efforts through heritage tourism, education, and historic preservation planning activities. Sets forth provisions regarding the designation of communities, tribal areas, and neighborhoods as Preserve America Communities. Establishes the Save America's Treasures Program, under which the Secretary shall provide grants to eligible entities for projects to preserve nationally significant collections and historic properties. Provides for, of the amounts available for such grants, not less than 50% to be available for projects to preserve collections and historic properties, which shall be distributed through a competitive grant process. Requires a collection or historic property to be provided a competitive grant only if such collection or property is: (1) nationally significant; and (2) threatened or endangered. Requires historic properties, to be eligible for a grant, to be: (1) listed in the National Regis…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 3981, Preserve America and Save America's Treasures Act
Jun 18, 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 11, 2008</p>
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 3981, Preserve America and Save America's Treasures Act
Jun 18, 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 11, 2008
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
16 Democrats4 Republicans