S 2889
115th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Mississippi
Monuments and memorials
Racial and ethnic relations
Medgar Evers Home National Monument Act
Introduced: May 21, 2018
Introduced by:
Wicker, Roger F.
Republican
· Mississippi
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 15, 2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
May 21, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 21, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medgar Evers Home National Monument Act
This bill establishes the Medgar Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi, as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret the resources associated with the pivotal role of Medgar Evers in the civil rights movement.
The National Park Service shall enter into a cooperative agreement with Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, for interpretive and educational programming related to the monument and may enter into other cooperative agreements to carry out this bill.
What's happening now
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1