S 1975 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Sewall-Belmont House Act of 2015

Introduced Aug 5, 2015 Originated Senate Sponsor Barbara A. Mikulski D-MD

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 17, 2016 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-496.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedAug 5, 2015
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Sewall-Belmont House Act of 2015

This bill establishes the Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site (the former headquarters of the National Woman's Party of the women's suffrage movement) as a unit of the National Park System (NPS).

The Site shall not be established as an NPS unit, however, until the Department of the Interior determines that: (1) the National Woman's Party has transferred to Interior the land and any improvements within the boundaries of the Site, and (2) Interior and the National Woman's Party have entered into a management agreement.

The national historic site shall consist of the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, located at 144 Constitution Avenue, NE, Washington, DC.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 5, 2015 to Jun 14, 2016, with 13 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalAug 5, 2015
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalAug 5, 2015
D-MOClaire McCaskillOriginalAug 5, 2015
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalAug 5, 2015
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalAug 5, 2015
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalAug 5, 2015
D-NDHeidi HeitkampOriginalAug 5, 2015
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalAug 5, 2015
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalAug 5, 2015
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalAug 5, 2015
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalAug 5, 2015
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalAug 5, 2015
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalAug 5, 2015
R-TNLamar AlexanderNov 4, 2015
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoNov 4, 2015
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsMar 14, 2016
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinJun 14, 2016

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 17, 2016Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-496.
  2. Aug 5, 2015Introduced in Senate
  3. Aug 5, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6389-6390)

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4986Sewall-Belmont House Act of 2016Related billApr 28, 2016

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Aug 5, 2015Introduced in Senate

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