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Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Act

Introduced: May 25, 2018 Introduced by: Rogers, Harold Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 20 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 26, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 664.
Nov 26, 2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-378.
Oct 2, 2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Aug 15, 2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
Jul 24, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 23, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 23, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6627)
Jul 23, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6627)
Jul 23, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5979.
Jul 23, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6627-6628)
Jul 23, 2018
Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 23, 2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 662.
Jul 23, 2018
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-855.
Jul 18, 2018
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 18, 2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 18, 2018
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Jul 17, 2018
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 4, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
May 25, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
May 25, 2018
Introduced in House
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Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Act

This bill establishes the Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument in Kentucky as a unit of the National Park System to preserve and interpret the nationally significant historic resources of the Mill Springs Battlefield and its role in the Civil War.

No private property or nonfederal public property shall be managed as a part of the monument without the owner's written consent.

What's happening now November 26, 2018

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 664.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5979: Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5979/
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"H.R. 5979: Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5979/.
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H.R. 5979, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5979/.
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