HR 2424 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2003

Introduced Jun 11, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Elijah E. Cummings D-MD

Latest action · Jun 24, 2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1230)

Progress

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IntroducedJun 11, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2003 - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice, to make a grant to the Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Inc., to pay up to 25 percent of the costs of expanding its existing facilities to create the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and Justice Learning Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Cosponsors 54

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 11, 2003 to Jul 23, 2003; 50 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn	Original	Jun 11, 2003
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jun 11, 2003
D-FL	Allen Boyd	Original	Jun 11, 2003
R-NY	Amo Houghton	Original	Jun 11, 2003
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jun 11, 2003
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Jun 11, 2003
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin	Original	Jun 11, 2003
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Jun 11, 2003
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Jun 11, 2003
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Jun 11, 2003
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Jun 11, 2003
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Jun 11, 2003
R-FL	Cliff Stearns	Original	Jun 11, 2003
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Jun 11, 2003
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Jun 11, 2003

Show all 54 cosponsors

Committees 2

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Jun 11, 2003
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred Jun 17, 2003Hearings Sep 30, 2003Markup Oct 21, 2003Reported Oct 21, 2003
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jun 11, 2003
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred Jun 25, 2003

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 24, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1230)
Oct 21, 2003Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 21, 2003Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 30, 2003Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 25, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jun 17, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Jun 11, 2003Introduced in House
Jun 11, 2003Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H5239	Elijah E. Cummings D-MD	Jun 11, 2003

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-63	H.R. 1629, H.R. 2424, AND H.R. 296665 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Sep 30, 2003

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1233	National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2004	Related bill	Jun 22, 2004

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To authorize assistance for the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and Justice Learning Center.
Short Titles as Introduced: National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 11, 2003Introduced in House

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