S 2590
110th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Agricultural research
Agriculture and Food
Agronomy
Commemorations
Historic sites
History
Iowa
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Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a National Historic Site and as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 4, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 4, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Requires, if the Secretary of the Interior acquires by donation from the Borlaug Heritage Foundation fee simple and unencumbered title to the Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace site and the Norman E. Borlaug Childhood Home site (both in Cresco, Iowa) and any related personal property, designation of all such property as a National Historic Site and as a unit of the National Park System, to be known as the "Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace Home National Historic Site."
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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