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HR 959 114th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Government studies and investigations Historic sites and heritage areas Mississippi Racial and ethnic relations

Medgar Evers House Study Act

Introduced: February 12, 2015 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 21 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 6, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608.
Sep 6, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-335.
Jul 13, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 17, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-496.
Sep 17, 2015
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 16, 2015
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 16, 2015
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5994)
Sep 16, 2015
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5994)
Sep 16, 2015
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 959.
Sep 16, 2015
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5994-5995)
Sep 16, 2015
Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 8, 2015
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 190.
Sep 8, 2015
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-251.
Jul 9, 2015
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Jul 9, 2015
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 9, 2015
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 8, 2015
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 16, 2015
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Feb 12, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 12, 2015
Introduced in House
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(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 16, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Medgar Evers House Study Act

(Sec. 3) Directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the home of the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, which is located at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, Mississippi.

Requires Interior to: (1) evaluate the national significance of the site; (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the site as a unit of the National Park System (NPS); (3) determine the effect of the site's designation on existing commercial and recreational uses, and the effect on state and local governments to manage those activities; and (4) identify any authorities, including condemnation, that will compel or permit the Department of the Interior to influence or participate in local land use decisions (such as zoning) or place restrictions on nonfederal land if the site is designated as an NPS unit.

What's happening now September 6, 2016

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • S 3054 Related bill Preserving Civil Rights Heritage Act of 2016
  • S 2012 Related bill Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016
  • S 3068 Related bill Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
  • S 2177 Related bill Medgar Evers House Study Act
 Bill text 5 versions

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