Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2008
Latest action · Apr 10, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652.
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.
- IntroducedAug 1, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the American Battlefield Protection Program until September 30, 2013.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 1, 2007 to Jun 17, 2008; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-KY | Jim Bunning | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-VA | John Warner | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-MS | Trent Lott | Original | Aug 1, 2007 |
| R-TN | Bob Corker | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Mel Martinez | Oct 17, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Oct 17, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| R-AL | Richard C. Shelby | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Oct 29, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Oct 30, 2007 | |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Nov 13, 2007 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Jan 23, 2008 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Feb 14, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Feb 25, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Feb 29, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Jun 2, 2008 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Jun 11, 2008 | |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Jun 17, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Aug 1, 2007Markup Jan 30, 2008Reported Apr 10, 2008 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Nov 8, 2007 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-300.
- Apr 10, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652.
- Jan 30, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Nov 8, 2007Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-282.
- Aug 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
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.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Feb 29, 2008S. 1921, Civil War battlefield Preservation Act of 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on January 30, 2008</p>
- Feb 29, 2008S. 1921, Civil War battlefield Preservation Act of 2007Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on January 30, 2008
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-282 | MISCELLANEOUS NATIONAL PARKS BILLS71 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Nov 8, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2933 | Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2008 | Identical bill | Oct 2, 2008 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for that Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2008Reported to Senate
- Aug 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
