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S 1960 105th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Armed Forces and National Security Civil War Commemorations Gifts History Land transfers Military parks National parks Virginia

A bill to allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land for addition to the Wilderness Battlefield, as previously authorized by law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation.

Introduced: April 21, 1998 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 9, 1998
By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 105-387.
Sep 25, 1998
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618.
Sep 25, 1998
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with an amendment. Without written report.
Sep 23, 1998
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Sep 17, 1998
Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-801.
Sep 3, 1998
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, OMB.
Apr 22, 1998
Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.
Apr 21, 1998
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Apr 21, 1998
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Federal law to allow acquisition of specified lands for the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park (Wilderness Battlefield), Virginia, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation (as currently). Specifies one parcel which may be acquired by donation only.

What's happening now October 9, 1998

By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 105-387.

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