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S 1455 105th Congress Senate Arts, Culture, Religion Anthropology Building construction Colleges Commerce Construction costs Economics and Public Finance Education Federal aid to higher education Federal aid to museums Higher education Relocation Rhode Island

Haffenreffer Museum Restoration Act of 1997

Introduced: November 7, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 10, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Nov 8, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Nov 8, 1997
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 8, 1997
Received in the House.
Nov 7, 1997
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12069-12070)
Nov 7, 1997
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12069-12070)
Nov 7, 1997
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Haffenreffer Museum Restoration Act of 1997 - Requires the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make a grant to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, for the Federal share (20 percent) of the costs of the relocation and expansion of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now November 10, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.

 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Nov 7, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1455: Haffenreffer Museum Restoration Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1455/
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"S. 1455: Haffenreffer Museum Restoration Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1455/.
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S. 1455, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1455/.
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