S 70
116th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Mississippi
Monuments and memorials
Racial and ethnic relations
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Act
Introduced: January 9, 2019
Introduced by:
Wicker, Roger F.
Republican
· Mississippi
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Became law
Jan 9, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Act
This bill establishes the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi, as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret the home and history of the pivotal role of Medgar and Myrlie Evers in the civil rights movement.
The National Park Service shall seek to enter into a cooperative agreement with Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, for interpretive and educational services related to the monument.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1