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To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the study and designation of the Underground Railroad Historic Trail.

Introduced: January 23, 1990 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 29 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 28, 1990
Provisions Included In H.R.2570.
Oct 27, 1990
Provisions Included In H.R.2570.
Oct 5, 1990
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Johnston without amendment. With written report No. 101-504.
Oct 5, 1990
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 940.
Sep 26, 1990
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Sep 20, 1990
Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks. Hearings held.
Sep 12, 1990
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, and Office of Management and Budget.
Jun 27, 1990
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
Jun 26, 1990
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jun 25, 1990
On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.
Jun 25, 1990
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 25, 1990
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Jun 25, 1990
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jun 25, 1990
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jun 25, 1990
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Jun 25, 1990
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Jun 25, 1990
Mr. Thomas (WY) demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.
Jun 25, 1990
Mr. Lewis (GA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 21, 1990
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 339.
Jun 21, 1990
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H. Rept. 101-549.
Jun 20, 1990
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 20, 1990
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Jun 12, 1990
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 12, 1990
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
May 22, 1990
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 17, 1990
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Mar 13, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Jan 23, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Jan 23, 1990
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to study alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the Underground Railroad (the route taken by escaping slaves before conclusion of the Civil War). Includes in such study: (1) consideration of establishing a new unit within the national park system; and (2) consideration of various appropriate designations for those routes and sites utilized by the Underground Railroad and alternative means to link such sites, including those in Canada and Mexico.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to prepare and publish an interpretive handbook on the Underground Railroad in the larger context of American antebellum society (including the history of slavery and abolitionism).

Directs the Secretary to establish the Underground Railroad Advisory Committee. Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now November 28, 1990

Provisions Included In H.R.2570.

 Bill text 5 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Mar 6, 1990
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 6, 1990
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 6, 1990
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jan 23, 1990
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3863: To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the study and designation of the Underground Railroad Historic Trail.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3863/
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