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Medgar Evers House Study Act

Introduced: March 23, 2017 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 16, 2017
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
May 16, 2017
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-123.
Apr 27, 2017
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 27, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 27, 2017
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Mar 30, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Mar 23, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 23, 2017
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Medgar Evers House Study Act

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the home of the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, located at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, Mississippi.

Interior shall: (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 on state and local government management of those activities; and (4) identify any authorities, including condemnation, that will compel or permit Interior to influence or participate in local land use decisions or place restrictions on nonfederal land if the site is designated as an NPS unit.

What's happening now May 16, 2017

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.

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