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HR 6091 97th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Black history Black women District of Columbia Historic sites

A bill to designate the Mary McLeod Bethune "Council House" in Washington, D. C., as a national historic site, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 6, 1982 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 3, 1982
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Aug 2, 1982
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Aug 2, 1982
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Aug 2, 1982
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Jul 27, 1982
Placed on Union Calendar No: 413.
Jul 27, 1982
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 97-668.
Jun 23, 1982
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Jun 23, 1982
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 15, 1982
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Jun 15, 1982
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 20, 1982
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 19, 1982
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Apr 7, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks.
Apr 6, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Apr 6, 1982
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Designates the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House in Washington, D.C., as a national historic site. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with the National Council of Negro Women which may provide technical and financial assistance to restore and maintain the historic site and property related to such site. Requires the Council to submit to the Secretary and Congress an annual report on the activities and expenditures for which such assistance was used as a condition of the receipt of such assistance.

What's happening now August 3, 1982

Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jun 23, 1982
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jun 23, 1982
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6091: A bill to designate the Mary McLeod Bethune "Council House" in Washington, D. C., as a national historic site, and for other purposes.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-6091/
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"H.R. 6091: A bill to designate the Mary McLeod Bethune "Council House" in Washington, D. C., as a national historic site, and for other purposes.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-6091/.
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H.R. 6091, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-6091/.
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