HR 87 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act

Latest action · Jun 8, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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. IntroducedJan 6, 2015
  2. Passed HouseJun 7, 2016
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 25, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act

(Sec. 3) This bill modifies the boundary of Shiloh National Military Park to include the Fallen Timbers Battlefield, the Russell House Battlefield, and the Davis Bridge Battlefield. The Department of the Interior may acquire lands by donation, purchase from willing sellers, or exchange.

(Sec. 4) The bill establishes the Parker's Crossroads Battlefield in Tennessee as an affiliated area of the National Park System.

The city of Parkers Crossroads and the Tennessee Historical Commission shall jointly be the management entity for the affiliated area.

Interior may provide technical assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with the management entity for financial assistance with marketing, interpretation, and preservation of the affiliated area.

Interior shall develop a general management plan for the affiliated area.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Jan 6, 2015Markup Mar 16, 2016Reported Apr 25, 2016
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Mar 2, 2015Hearings Feb 11, 2016Discharged Mar 15, 2016
SenateEnergy and Natural Resources Committee
Referred Jun 8, 2016

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 8, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  2. Jun 7, 2016Mr. Hardy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  3. Jun 7, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3484-3485)
  4. Jun 7, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 87.
  5. Jun 7, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3484)

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H3484, H3485Text printed H3484Cresent Hardy R-NV, Marsha Blackburn R-TN, Wm. Lacy Clay D-MOJun 7, 2016

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 estimate

  1. Apr 22, 2016H.R. 87, Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield Designation ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 16, 2016

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution provides that ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States,. . .''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 1, January 6, 2015, page H45.

Related bills 1

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

Titles 4

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

Official Title as Introduced
To modify the boundary of the Shiloh National Military Park located in Tennessee and Mississippi, to establish Parker's Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act
Short Titles as Reported to House
Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act
Short Titles as Passed House
Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 8, 2016Referred in Senate
  2. Jun 7, 2016Engrossed in House
  3. Apr 25, 2016Reported in House
  4. Jan 6, 2015Introduced in House

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