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HR 3967 111th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Maryland Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers Racial and ethnic relations

To amend the National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2004 to authorize appropriations through fiscal year 2015.

Introduced: October 29, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jul 14, 2010
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 13, 2010
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 13, 2010
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5507)
Jul 13, 2010
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5507)
Jul 13, 2010
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3967.
Jul 13, 2010
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5507-5508)
Jul 13, 2010
Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jul 13, 2010
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 299.
Jul 13, 2010
Committee on Judiciary discharged.
Jul 13, 2010
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-526, Part I.
Jun 16, 2010
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jun 16, 2010
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 16, 2010
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
Apr 27, 2010
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jan 4, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Nov 3, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Oct 29, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Oct 29, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 29, 2009
Referred to House Natural Resources
Oct 29, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2004 to extend, through FY2015, the authorization of appropriations for grants to the Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland, to carry out programs related to civil rights and juvenile justice through the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and Justice Learning Center.

What's happening now July 14, 2010

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 29, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3967: To amend the National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2004 to authorize appropriations through fiscal year 2015.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3967/
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