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HR 3779 109th Congress House

National Women's Rights History Project Act of 2005

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative trail route in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link prop… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative trail route in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 14, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
Sep 14, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Sep 14, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 19, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Women's Rights History Project Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to designate a vehicular tour route, to be known as the Votes for Women History Trail Route, to link properties in New York State that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage in the United States. Requires the National Park Service to administer the Trail through the Women's Rights National Historical Park (established under prior law).

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make annual grants to state historic preservation offices for up to five years for assistance in surveying, evaluating, and nominating women's rights history properties to the National Register of Historic Places; and (2) make matching grants and technical assistance for development of a network of governmental and nongovernmental entities providing interpretive and educational program development of national women's rights history, including historic preservation.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 6 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 4, 2006
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 16, 2006
MOORE, DENNIS
· Feb 28, 2006
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Dec 6, 2005
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Oct 25, 2005
Brown-Waite, Ginny
· Sep 14, 2005
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Sep 14, 2005
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Sep 14, 2005
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 14, 2005
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Sep 14, 2005
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