Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015
Latest action · Sep 6, 2016 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599.
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.
- IntroducedDec 17, 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.)
Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015
(Sec. 3) This bill establishes the Tule Lake National Historic Site in California as a unit of the National Park System in order to preserve, protect, and interpret the site of incarceration and segregation of U.S. citizens of Japanese descent and resident immigrants of Japanese citizenry at Tule Lake during World War II.
The National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shall enter into an agreement to allow the NPS to manage and interpret the resources of the portions of the site within the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
The resources of the Lava Beds National Monument may be used to administer the site.
The Department of the Interior shall prepare a general management plan for the site.
(Sec. 4) The boundaries of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument are revised to exclude from the monument the Tule Lake Unit, consisting of portions of the Tule Lake Segregation Center National Historic Landmark and Camp Tule Lake, and incorporate the excluded lands and interests into the site.
Any funds available for the purposes of the excluded lands and interests shall become available for the purposes of the site.
(Sec. 5) Such sums as are necessary may be used to carry out this bill.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 17, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Dec 17, 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 Dec 17, 2015Markup Jul 13, 2016Reported Sep 6, 2016 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 15, 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. 114-326.
- Sep 6, 2016Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599.
- Jul 13, 2016Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jun 15, 2016Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-502.
- Dec 17, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Dec 17, 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
- Sep 2, 2016S. 2412, Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015As 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. 114-502 | PENDING LEGISLATION182 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jun 15, 2016 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4387 | Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2016 | Related bill | Jun 23, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish the Tule Lake National Historic Site in the State of California, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Tule Lake National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2015
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
- Dec 17, 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.
