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S 955 106th 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 in Virginia, as previously authorized by law, by purchase or exchange as well as by…

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

Introduced: May 4, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 10, 2000
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent Vote.
Jun 24, 1999
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 177.
Jun 24, 1999
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 106-95.
Jun 16, 1999
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
May 25, 1999
Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 106-191.
May 21, 1999
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, OMB.
May 4, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 4, 1999
Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.
May 4, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4676-4677)
May 4, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends Federal law to remove the condition under which certain lands (on which occurred, during the Battle of the Wilderness, Longstreet's Flank Attack) could be added to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park (Wilderness Battlefield), Virginia only by donation to the Secretary of the Interior (thus allowing the Secretary to acquire it by purchase or exchange). Requires a specified portion of land, however, to be acquired by donation only.
What's happening now February 10, 2000

Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent Vote.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · May 4, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 955: A bill to allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land for addition to the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia, as previously authorized by law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-955/
MLA
"S. 955: A bill to allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land for addition to the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia, as previously authorized by law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-955/.
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S. 955, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-955/.
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