S 5031
117th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
Dearfield Study Act
Introduced: September 29, 2022
Introduced by:
Hickenlooper, John W.
Democratic
· Colorado
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 29, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 29, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Dearfield Study Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the site known as Dearfield, in Weld County, Colorado, which was a historically black agricultural settlement founded by Oliver Toussaint Jackson.
In conducting the study, Interior shall
- evaluate the national significance of the study area, and
- determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1