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HR 1521 112th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Georgia Government studies and investigations Historic sites and heritage areas Racial and ethnic relations Religion

West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act

Introduced: April 13, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Apr 18, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Apr 13, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Apr 13, 2011
Introduced in House
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 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.

What's happening now April 18, 2011

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 16, 2012
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Apr 16, 2012
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Mar 5, 2012
PAYNE, DONALD
· Mar 5, 2012
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 5, 2012
WATT, MELVIN
· Mar 5, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1521: West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1521/
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"H.R. 1521: West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1521/.
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H.R. 1521, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1521/.
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