World War II Pacific Sites Establishment Act
Latest action · Dec 12, 2018 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-535.
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.
- IntroducedMay 8, 2018
- Passed HouseNov 13, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
World War II Pacific Sites Establishment Act
This bill establishes in Hawaii (1) the Pearl Harbor National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System (NPS) to preserve, interpret, and commemorate the history of World War II in the Pacific; and (2) the Honouliuli National Historic Site as a unit of the NPS to preserve and interpret the history associated with the internment and detention of civilians of Japanese and other ancestries during World War II in Hawaii, the impact of war and martial law on society in the Hawaiian Islands, and the co-location and diverse experiences of Prisoners of War at the Honouliuli Internment Camp Site.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2018 to Sep 27, 2018, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | May 8, 2018 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | May 8, 2018 |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Original | May 8, 2018 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | May 16, 2018 | |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Sep 27, 2018 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-535.
- Nov 14, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Nov 13, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9485-9487)
- Nov 13, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5706.
- Nov 13, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2018Referred in Senate
- Nov 13, 2018Engrossed in House
- Oct 23, 2018Reported in House
- May 8, 2018Introduced 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.