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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 2504. Duties; authorization of grants for historical publications and records programs; authorization for appropriations
(a) The Commission shall make plans, estimates, and
recommendations for historical works and collections of sources it
considers appropriate for preserving, publishing or otherwise
recording at the public expense. The Chairman of the Commission
shall transmit to the President and the Congress from time to time,
and at least biennially, the plans, estimates, and recommendations
developed and approved by the Commission.
(b) The Commission shall cooperate with, assist and encourage
appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies and nongovernmental
institutions, societies, and individuals in collecting and
preserving and, when it considers it desirable, in editing and
publishing papers of outstanding citizens of the United States, and
other documents as may be important for an understanding and
appreciation of the history of the United States.
(c) The Commission may conduct institutes, training and
educational programs, and recommend candidates for fellowships
related to the activities of the Commission and may disseminate
information about documentary sources through guides, directories,
and other technical publications.
(d) The Commission may recommend the expenditure of appropriated
or donated funds for the collecting, describing, preserving,
compiling and publishing (including microfilming and other forms of
reproduction) of documentary sources significant to the history of
the United States and for the activities described in subsection
(c).
(e) The Archivist of the United States may, within the limits of
available appropriated and donated funds, make grants to State and
local agencies and to nonprofit organizations, institutions, and
individuals, for those activities in subsection (d) after
considering the advice and recommendations of the Commission.
(f)(1) For the purposes specified in this section, there is
hereby authorized to be appropriated to the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission -
(A) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1989;
(B) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1990;
(C) $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1991, 1992, and
1993;
(D) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1994;
(E) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1995;
(F) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
(G) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
(H) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
(I) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
(J) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
(K) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
(L) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
(M) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
(N) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
(O) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
(2) Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall be available
until expended when so provided in appropriation Acts.
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