United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009
Latest action · Sep 27, 2010 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608.
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.
- IntroducedJan 26, 2009
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 29, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate a range of alternatives for the protection and interpretation of sites associated with the struggle for civil rights in the United States, including alternatives for potential addition of some or all of the sites to the National Trails System. Requires submission of a report to Congress that contains the results of such study and recommendations of the Secretary respecting the route.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 26, 2009 to Jun 23, 2009; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Original | Jan 26, 2009 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jun 23, 2009 |
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 Jan 26, 2009Markup Sep 10, 2009Reported Sep 29, 2009 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Feb 4, 2009Hearings Jul 8, 2009Discharged Sep 10, 2009 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 30, 2009Markup Jul 21, 2010Reported Sep 27, 2010 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings May 19, 2010 |
Actions 20
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2010Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 111-322.
- Sep 27, 2010Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608.
- Jul 21, 2010Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- May 19, 2010Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
- Sep 30, 2009Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Sep 29, 2009Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-267.
- Sep 29, 2009Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 148.
- Sep 29, 2009Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 29, 2009Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10003-10004)
- Sep 29, 2009DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 685.
- Sep 29, 2009Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10003)
- Sep 29, 2009Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 29, 2009The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 10, 2009Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
- Sep 10, 2009Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 10, 2009Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 8, 2009Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Feb 4, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- Jan 26, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 26, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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 H10003, H10004Text printed H10003 | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA, John Lewis D-GA, Madeleine Z. Bordallo D-GU, Robert J. Wittman R-VA, Wm. Lacy Clay D-MO, Zach Wamp R-TN | Sep 29, 2009 |
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 reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 4
- Aug 9, 2010H.R. 685, United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 21, 2010</p>
- Aug 9, 2010H.R. 685, United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 21, 2010
- Sep 23, 2009H.R. 685, United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 10, 2009</p>
- Sep 23, 2009H.R. 685, United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 10, 2009
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. 111-645 | CURRENT NATIONAL PARKS BILLS107 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | May 19, 2010 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1802 | United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009 | Related bill | May 19, 2010 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require a study of the feasibility of establishing the United States Civil Rights Trail System, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study regarding the proposed United States Civil Rights Trail, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- United States Civil Rights Trail System Act of 2009
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009
- Short Titles as Passed House
- United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2010Reported to Senate
- Sep 30, 2009Referred in Senate
- Sep 29, 2009Engrossed in House
- Sep 29, 2009Reported in House
- Jan 26, 2009Introduced in House
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.
