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HJRES 179 104th Congress House

Designating the Civil War Center at Louisiana State University as the United States Civil War Center, making the center the flagship institution for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of the…

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Official title: Designating the Civil War Center at Louisiana State University as the United States Civil War Center, making the center the flagship institution for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 16, 1996 See on congress.gov
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May 21, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
May 16, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
May 16, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 21, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Designates the Civil War Center located on Raphael Semmes Drive at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as the United States Civil War Center. Makes the Center and the Civil War Institute of Gettysburg College located at 233 North Washington Street in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the flagship institutions for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War.

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Fields, Cleo
Louisiana · May 16, 1996
TAUZIN, W.
· May 16, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 179: Designating the Civil War Center at Louisiana State University as the United States Civil War Center, making the center the flagship institution for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War, and for other purposes.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HJRES-179/
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"H.J. Res. 179: Designating the Civil War Center at Louisiana State University as the United States Civil War Center, making the center the flagship institution for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War, and for other purposes.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HJRES-179/.
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H.J. Res. 179, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HJRES-179/.
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[H.J. Res. 179: Designating the Civil War Center at Louisiana State University as the United States Civil War Center, making the center the flagship institution for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HJRES-179/)
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