Medgar Evers House Study Act
Latest action · May 16, 2017 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
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.
- IntroducedMar 23, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot 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, located at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, Mississippi.
Interior shall: (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 on state and local government management of those activities; and (4) identify any authorities, including condemnation, that will compel or permit Interior to influence or participate in local land use decisions 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 1
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 Mar 23, 2017Markup Apr 27, 2017Reported May 16, 2017 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Mar 30, 2017Discharged Apr 27, 2017 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 16, 2017Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-123.
- May 16, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
- Apr 27, 2017Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
- Apr 27, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 27, 2017Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 30, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Mar 23, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 23, 2017Referred to the House Committee on 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
- May 8, 2017H.R. 1715, Medgar Evers House Study ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 27, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 51, March 23, 2017, page H2371.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 644 | Medgar Evers House Study Act | Identical bill | May 9, 2017 |
Titles 3
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
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 16, 2017Reported in House
- Mar 23, 2017Introduced 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.
