Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) in Article I of the bill, following the appropriations to the Historical Commission (page I-67), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:
____. National Juneteenth Museum. (a) In addition to other amounts appropriated by this Act and notwithstanding Sections 13.01 and 13.02 of Part 13, Article IX, of this Act, a total amount of $15,000,000 of any money made available under Section 2001, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2, 135 Stat. 4 (2021), reprinted in note, 20 U.S.C. Section 3401), and subject to appropriation from the state treasury, is reappropriated to the Historical Commission to the extent consistent with conditions placed on the expenditure of that money by the federal government.
(b) Out of money reappropriated by Subsection (a) of this rider, the Historical Commission may use the amount of $15,000,000 to award a grant to the National Juneteenth Museum for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, for the construction of the museum in Fort Worth. The unexpended balance of the appropriation for that state fiscal year is reappropriated to the Historical Commission for the same purpose for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2025.