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Sewall-Belmont House Act of 2015

Introduced: August 5, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-496.
Aug 5, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6389-6390)
Aug 5, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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Sewall-Belmont House Act of 2015

This bill establishes the Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site (the former headquarters of the National Woman's Party of the women's suffrage movement) as a unit of the National Park System (NPS).

The Site shall not be established as an NPS unit, however, until the Department of the Interior determines that: (1) the National Woman's Party has transferred to Interior the land and any improvements within the boundaries of the Site, and (2) Interior and the National Woman's Party have entered into a management agreement.

The national historic site shall consist of the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, located at 144 Constitution Avenue, NE, Washington, DC.

What's happening now March 17, 2016

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-496.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4986 Related bill Sewall-Belmont House Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 9 Republican 1
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Mar 14, 2016
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Nov 4, 2015
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Aug 5, 2015
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Aug 5, 2015
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Aug 5, 2015
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Aug 5, 2015
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Aug 5, 2015
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Aug 5, 2015
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Aug 5, 2015
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Aug 5, 2015
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