HR 3008 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

George W. Bush Childhood Home Study Act

Latest action · Dec 11, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 22, 2017
  2. Passed HouseDec 10, 2018
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

George W. Bush Childhood Home Study Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the childhood home of former President George W. Bush, which is located at 1412 West Ohio Avenue in Midland, Texas.

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), and (3) determine the effect of the site's designation as an NPS unit on existing commercial and recreational uses and the effect on state and local governments to manage those activities.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 427On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassPassed382–4Dec 10, 2018

Yea 382

Present 2

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 22, 2017 to Jun 27, 2017; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TXJohn Abney CulbersonOriginalJun 22, 2017
R-TXJohn R. CarterOriginalJun 22, 2017
R-TXLamar SmithOriginalJun 22, 2017
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalJun 22, 2017
R-TXSam JohnsonJun 23, 2017
R-TXTed PoeJun 27, 2017

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Jun 22, 2017Markup Mar 14, 2018Reported Mar 22, 2018
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Jul 5, 2017Hearings Feb 28, 2018Discharged Mar 14, 2018
SenateEnergy and Natural Resources Committee
Referred Dec 11, 2018

Actions 17

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 11, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  2. Dec 10, 2018Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  3. Dec 10, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9776-9777)
  4. Dec 10, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3008.
  5. Dec 10, 2018At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H9776, H9777Text printed H9776Recorded votes H9803enactK. Michael Conaway R-TX, Rob Bishop R-UT, Ruben Gallego D-AZDec 10, 2018

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

  1. Mar 22, 2018H.R. 3008, George W. Bush Childhood Home Study ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 14, 2018

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 107, June 22, 2017, page H5110.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 368George W. Bush Childhood Home Study ActReintroduced BillFeb 5, 2019
HR 6233George W. Bush Childhood Home Study ActReintroduction ofOct 7, 2016

Titles 4

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 George W. Bush Childhood Home, located at 1412 West Ohio Avenue, Midland, Texas, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
George W. Bush Childhood Home Study Act
Short Titles as Reported to House
George W. Bush Childhood Home Study Act
Short Titles as Passed House
George W. Bush Childhood Home Study Act

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 11, 2018Referred in Senate
  2. Dec 10, 2018Engrossed in House
  3. Mar 22, 2018Reported in House
  4. Jun 22, 2017Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

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.