HR 4599 · 115th Congress 2017โ€“2019, ended

Rock Creek National Park Act of 2017

Latest action · Jun 21, 2018 Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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. IntroducedDec 7, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Rock Creek National Park Act of 2017

This bill redesignates Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock Creek National Park.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Dec 7, 2017
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Dec 14, 2017Hearings Jun 21, 2018

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 21, 2018Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  2. Dec 14, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
  3. Dec 7, 2017Introduced in House
  4. Dec 7, 2017Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1673-1674)
  5. Dec 7, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1673Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DCDec 7, 2017

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: clause 2 of section 3 of article IV of the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 200, December 7, 2017, page H9757.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3619Rock Creek National Park Act of 2015Reintroduction ofOct 16, 2015
HR 4173Rock Creek National Park Act of 2019Reintroduced BillAug 21, 2019

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To redesignate Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock Creek National Park.
Short Titles as Introduced
Rock Creek National Park Act of 2017

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 7, 2017Introduced in House

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