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A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the former Eagledale Ferry Dock in the State of Washington for potential inclusion in the National Park System.

Introduced: February 15, 2002 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Oct 8, 2002
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 641.
Oct 8, 2002
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment. Without written report.
Oct 4, 2002
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Feb 15, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 15, 2002
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the former Eagledale Ferry Dock located at Taylor Avenue in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and the historical events associated with it (Japanese American residents of the Island who were sent to internment camps in 1942 boarded a ferry to those camps from such Dock) to evaluate and report to specified congressional committees on its national significance and the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System. Authorizes appropriations.
What's happening now October 8, 2002

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 641.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3747 Related bill Bainbridge Island Japanese-American Memorial Study Act of 2002
  • S 1894 Related bill A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the national significan…
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Feb 15, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1959: A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the former Eagledale Ferry Dock in the State of Washington for potential inclusion in the National Park System.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1959/
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"S. 1959: A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the former Eagledale Ferry Dock in the State of Washington for potential inclusion in the National Park System.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1959/.
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S. 1959, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1959/.
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