SENATE PASSES HOEVEN LEGISLATION FOR THEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. John Hoeven issued the following news release:

Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) today secured Senate passage of his legislation to support the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. Hoeven's bipartisan bill, which is cosponsored by Senators Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), would:

* Authorize the Department of the Interior to provide grants to the presidential library and support the display of federal materials. * This legislation follows the model of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, located in Springfield, Ill. The fiscal year (FY) 2001 appropriations legislation authorized the use of materials and objects relating to Abraham Lincoln, as well as $50 million over five y...