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Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment.

Introduced: November 16, 2015 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 19, 2015
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 18, 2015
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8111)
Nov 18, 2015
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8111)
Nov 17, 2015
Received in the Senate.
Nov 16, 2015
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H8213)
Nov 16, 2015
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H8213)
Nov 16, 2015
Committee on House Administration discharged. (consideration: CR H8213)
Nov 16, 2015
Committee on House Administration discharged.(consideration: CR H8213)
Nov 16, 2015
Mrs. Comstock asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider. (consideration: CR H8213)
Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Nov 16, 2015
Introduced in House
Nov 16, 2015
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 16, 2015
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H8213)
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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

Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on December 9, 2015, for a ceremony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery in the United States.

What's happening now November 19, 2015

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

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