Medgar Evers House Study Act
Latest action · Sep 6, 2016 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
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.
- IntroducedOct 8, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Medgar Evers House Study Act
(Sec. 2) This bill 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.
Interior shall: (1) evaluate the national significance of the site, and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 8, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Oct 8, 2015 |
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 Oct 8, 2015Markup Jul 13, 2016Reported Sep 6, 2016 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Mar 17, 2016 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 6, 2016Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-324.
- Sep 6, 2016Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
- 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.
- Oct 8, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Oct 8, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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
- Aug 5, 2016S. 2177, Medgar Evers House Study ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 13, 2016
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 644 | Medgar Evers House Study Act | Reintroduced Bill | May 9, 2017 |
| HR 959 | 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 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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 Senate
- Medgar Evers House Study Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 6, 2016Reported to Senate
- Oct 8, 2015Introduced 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.
