HR 362 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

January 8th National Memorial Act

Introduced Jan 6, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Martha McSally R-AZ

Latest action · Feb 10, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Progress

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IntroducedJan 6, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

January 8th National Memorial Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish the January 8th National Memorial in Tucson, Arizona, as an affiliated area of the National Park System in commemoration of the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others in Tucson on January 8, 2011.

The memorial shall not be established until Interior certifies that Tucson's January 8th Memorial Foundation, which shall be the management entity for the memorial, has established a trust fund to receive donations and provide for the construction, operation, maintenance, and management of the memorial.

Interior shall develop a general management plan for the memorial.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2017 to Mar 6, 2018; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Jan 6, 2017
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Jan 6, 2017
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Jan 6, 2017
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Jan 6, 2017
R-AZ	David Schweikert	Original	Jan 6, 2017
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Jan 6, 2017
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Jan 6, 2017
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema	Original	Jan 6, 2017
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Jan 6, 2017
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jan 6, 2017
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Jan 6, 2017
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran	Original	Jan 6, 2017
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	Jan 6, 2017
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Mar 6, 2018

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 Jan 6, 2017
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred Feb 10, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 10, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jan 6, 2017Introduced in House
Jan 6, 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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 4, January 6, 2017, page H195.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 62	January 8th National Memorial Act	Identical bill	Jan 9, 2017

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the January 8th National Memorial in Tucson, Arizona, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: January 8th National Memorial Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 6, 2017Introduced in House

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