Medgar Evers House Study Act
Latest action · Sep 6, 2016 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.
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2015
- Passed HouseSep 16, 2015
- 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 16, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Medgar Evers House Study Act
(Sec. 3) Directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the home of the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, which is located at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, Mississippi.
Requires Interior to: (1) evaluate the national significance of the site; (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the site as a unit of the National Park System (NPS); (3) determine the effect of the site's designation on existing commercial and recreational uses, and the effect on state and local governments to manage those activities; and (4) identify any authorities, including condemnation, that will compel or permit the Department of the Interior to influence or participate in local land use decisions (such as zoning) or place restrictions on nonfederal land if the site is designated as an NPS unit.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Feb 12, 2015Markup Jul 9, 2015Reported Sep 8, 2015 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Mar 16, 2015Hearings Jun 16, 2015Discharged Jul 9, 2015 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 17, 2015Markup Jul 13, 2016Reported Sep 6, 2016 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Mar 17, 2016 |
Actions 20
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 6, 2016Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-335.
- Sep 6, 2016Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608.
- Jul 13, 2016Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 17, 2016Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-496.
- Sep 17, 2015Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Sep 16, 2015Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 16, 2015Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5994-5995)
- Sep 16, 2015DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 959.
- Sep 16, 2015Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5994)
- Sep 16, 2015Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 8, 2015Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-251.
- Sep 8, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 190.
- Jul 9, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 9, 2015Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 9, 2015Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
- Jul 8, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 16, 2015Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Feb 12, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 12, 2015Referred 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 H5994, H5995Text printed H5994 | Bennie G. Thompson D-MS, Debbie Dingell D-MI, Tom McClintock R-CA | Sep 16, 2015 |
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 2
- Aug 5, 2016H.R. 959, Medgar Evers House Study ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 13, 2016
- Jul 29, 2015H.R. 959, Medgar Evers House Study ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 9, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 24, February 12, 2015, page H1037.
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. 114-496 | PENDING LEGISLATION160 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Mar 17, 2016 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2012 | Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 | Related bill | Sep 8, 2016 |
| S 2177 | Medgar Evers House Study Act | Related bill | Sep 6, 2016 |
| S 3054 | Preserving Civil Rights Heritage Act of 2016 | Related bill | Jun 14, 2016 |
| S 3068 | Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 | Related bill | Jun 16, 2016 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Medgar Evers House, located in Jackson, Mississippi, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medgar Evers House Study Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Medgar Evers House Study Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Medgar Evers House Study Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Medgar Evers House Study Act
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 6, 2016Reported to Senate
- Sep 17, 2015Referred in Senate
- Sep 16, 2015Engrossed in House
- Sep 8, 2015Reported in House
- Feb 12, 2015Introduced 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.
