HR 3497
106th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Arkansas
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil War
Civil rights movements
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Louisiana
Military parks
Mississippi
Nonprofit organizations
Public-private partnerships
Mississippi Civil Rights Trail Study Act of 1999
Introduced: November 18, 1999
Introduced by:
Thompson, Bennie G.
Democratic
· Mississippi
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 18, 1999
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Nov 18, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Nov 18, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Nov 18, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Title I: Vicksburg Campaign Trail Battlefields Preservation - Vicksburg Campaign Trail Battlefields Preservation Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to study and report to specified congressional committees on what measures should be taken to preserve certain Civil War battlefields in Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee. Authorizes appropriations.
Title II: Mississippi Civil Rights Trail Study - Mississippi Civil Rights Trail Study Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary to complete and report to specified congressional committees on a study identifying sites within Mississippi that are significant to the modern civil rights movement for purposes of historical interpretation and recognition. Authorizes appropriations.
What's happening now
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Committees of jurisdiction
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