HR 267
115th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Georgia
Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017
Everywhere this bill has been
21 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 8, 2018
Became Public Law No: 115-108.
Jan 8, 2018
Signed by President.
Dec 27, 2017
Presented to President.
Dec 22, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 21, 2017
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8267-8269)
Dec 21, 2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S8267-8269)
May 9, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 62.
May 9, 2017
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-49.
Mar 30, 2017
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 21, 2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 15, 2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 15, 2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2065)
Mar 15, 2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2065)
Mar 15, 2017
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2071)
Mar 15, 2017
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Tipton objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
Mar 15, 2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 267.
Mar 15, 2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2065-2066)
Mar 15, 2017
Mr. Tipton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Feb 10, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jan 4, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 4, 2017
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on March 15, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill redesignates the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site in the state of Georgia as the "Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park." The bill replaces the current boundary map with a map of a proposed boundary revision dated June 2015.
What's happening now
Became Public Law No: 115-108.
Bill text
6 versions
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- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- Public Law Formatted Text PDF United States Legislative Markup
- Referred in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- Reported to Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
15
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 267: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-267/
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