S 3511
110th Congress
Senate
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Archives
Arts, Culture, Religion
Black history
Civil rights movements
Congress
Congressional agencies
Federal libraries
Fund raising
Gifts
History
Library of Congress
Minorities
Museums
Smithsonian Institution
Sound recording and reproducing
Surveys
Video tape recording
Civil Rights History Project Act of 2008
Introduced: September 17, 2008
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 17, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Sep 17, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Civil Rights History Project Act of 2008 - Requires the Librarian of Congress and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (acting through the Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture) to establish an oral history project to: (1) collect video and audio recordings of, and visual and written materials relevant to the personal histories of, participants in the Civil Rights movement; and (2) make the collection available for public use through the Library of Congress and the Museum.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1