PUBLIC LAW 106-291—OCT. 11, 2000 114 STAT. 957 museum, educational, and research facilities, all dedicated to communicating to the public the importance of the quest for human freedom which provided the foundation for the historic and inspiring story of the Underground Railroad; (C) the city of Cincinnati has granted exclusive development rights for a prime riverfront location to the Freedom Center; (D) the Freedom Center will be a national center linked through state-of-the-art technology to Underground Railroad sites and facilities throughout the United States and to a constituency that reaches across the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and beyond; and (E) the Freedom Center has reached an agreement with the National Park Service to pursue a range of historical and educational cooperative activities related to the Underground Railroad, including but not limited to assisting the National Park Service in the implementation of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act. (2) PURPOSES. — The purposes of this section are— (A) to promote preservation and public awareness of the history of the Underground Railroad; (B) to assist the Freedom Center in the development of its programs and facilities in Cincinnati, Ohio; and (C) to assist the National Park Service in the implementation of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act (112 Stat. 679; 16 U.S.C. 4691 and following). (c) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: (1) SECRETARY.—The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. (2) PROJECT BUDGET.— The term "project budget" means the total amount of funds expended by the Freedom Center on construction of its facility, development of its programs and exhibits, research, collection of informative and educational activities related to the history of the Underground Railroad, and any administrative activities necessary to the operation of the Freedom Center, prior to the opening of the Freedom Center facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. (3) FEDERAL SHARE. —The term "Federal share" means an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the project budget and shall include all amounts received from the Federal Government under this legislation and any other Federal programs. (4) NON-FEDERAL SHARE. —The term "non-Federal share" means all amounts obtained by the Freedom Center for the implementation of its facilities and programs from any source other than the Federal Government, and shall not be less than 80 percent of the project budget. (5) THE FREEDOM CENTER FACILITY.—The term "the Freedom Center facility" means the facility, including the building and surrounding site, which will house the museum and research institute to be constructed and developed in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the site described in subsection (d)(3). (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From sums appropriated pursuant to the authority of subsection (d)(4) in any fiscal
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