HR 4759 · 107th Congress 2001โ€“2003, ended

Governors Island National Monument Ratification Act

Latest action · May 21, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 16, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Governors Island National Monument Ratification Act - Ratifies the establishment of the Governors Island National Monument. Declares that the Monument shall not be subject to sale. Directs the Administrator of General Services to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over and management of the Monument.

States that the boundary of the Monument shall include Building 140, its land, and Dock 102. Requires the Monument to be administered by the Secretary in accordance with this Act and with the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) consult and enter into cooperative agreements with the Administrator or any management entity to provide for the preservation, development, interpretation, use of, and access to the Monument; and (2) provide, subject to an agreement with the Administrator or any management entity, interpretive services and signage in the Governors Island National Historic Landmark District.

Directs the Secretary to prepare a complete management plan for the Monument by January 19, 2004, with specified reservations of rights of access and use.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 16, 2002.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMay 16, 2002

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred May 16, 2002
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred May 21, 2002
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred May 16, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 21, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
  2. May 16, 2002Introduced in House
  3. May 16, 2002Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To ratify the Governors Island National Monument and the boundaries thereof, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Governors Island National Monument Ratification Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 16, 2002Introduced in House

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