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Recognizing Virginia's James River as "America's Founding River".

Introduced: April 6, 2006 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Apr 19, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
Apr 19, 2006
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Apr 6, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Apr 6, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Recognizes Virginia's James River as America's Founding River.

What's happening now April 19, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
CANTOR, ERIC
· Apr 6, 2006
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 6, 2006
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 769: Recognizing Virginia's James River as "America's Founding River".. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-769/
MLA
"H. Res. 769: Recognizing Virginia's James River as "America's Founding River".." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-769/.
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H. Res. 769, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-769/.
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