UNDERGROUND RAILROAD EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAM.

SEC. 933. UNDERGROUND RAILROAD EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAM. Section 841 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1153) is amended—(1) in subsection (a), by inserting “, including the lessons to be drawn from such history” after “Railroad”;(2) in subsection (b)—(A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:“(1) to establish a facility to—“(A) house, display, interpret, and communicate information regarding the artifacts and other materials related to the history of the Underground Railroad, including the lessons to be drawn from such history;“(B) maintain such artifacts and materials; and“(C) make the efforts described in subparagraph (A) available, including through electronic means, to elementary and secondary schools, institutions of higher education, and the general public;“(2) to demonstrate substantial public and private support for the operation of the facility through the implementation of a public-private partnership between one or more State or local public entities and one or more private entities, which public-private partnership shall provide matching funds from non-federal sources for the support of the facility in an amount equal to or greater than four times the amount of the grant awarded under this section;”;(B) in paragraph (4)—(i) by inserting “and maintain” after “establish”; and(ii) by inserting “including the lessons to be drawn from the history of the Underground Railroad,” after “States,”; and(C) in paragraph (5)—122 STAT. 3460(i) by inserting “and maintain” after “establish”; and(ii) by inserting “, including the lessons to be drawn from such history” after “Railroad”; and(3) in subsection (c), by striking “this section” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting “$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.”.