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HR 5869 111th Congress House

West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 14, 2010 See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources GeorgiaGovernment studies and investigationsHistoric sites and heritage areasRacial and ethnic relationsReligion
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Aug 3, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Jul 27, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jul 27, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 3, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church located at 775 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, to evaluate the national significance of the Church and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating such area as a unit of the National Park System.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Dec 14, 2010
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Dec 14, 2010
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Dec 14, 2010
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Green, Al
Texas · Dec 14, 2010
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Dec 14, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5869: West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5869/
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"H.R. 5869: West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5869/.
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H.R. 5869, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5869/.
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