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S 487 99th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Corporations and Stocks Federal incorporation Monuments and memorials National monuments New York City

A bill to recognize the organization known as The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.

Introduced: February 21, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 11, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
Jul 10, 1985
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Jul 8, 1985
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Jul 8, 1985
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Jun 20, 1985
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 191.
Jun 20, 1985
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 99-88.
May 2, 1985
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Apr 3, 1985
Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Interior Department.
Mar 28, 1985
Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Commerce Department (Patent and Trademark Office).
Feb 25, 1985
Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Interior Department, Commerce Department (Patent and Trademark Office).
Feb 21, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Feb 21, 1985
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Grants a Federal charter to the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.

What's happening now July 11, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
R
McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Feb 21, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 487: A bill to recognize the organization known as The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-487/
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