Amache Study Act
Latest action · Nov 26, 2018 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661.
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 16, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amache Study Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the site known as Amache, Camp Amache, and Granada Relocation Center, in Granada, Colorado, which was 1 of the 10 relocation centers where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II.
In conducting such study, Interior shall evaluate the national significance of such relocation center and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 16, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | May 16, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 16, 2018Markup Oct 2, 2018Reported Nov 26, 2018 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Aug 15, 2018 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 26, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-375.
- Nov 26, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661.
- Oct 2, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Aug 15, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
- May 16, 2018Introduced in Senate
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
- Oct 12, 2018S. 2870, Amache Study ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on October 2, 2018
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-526 | PENDING LEGISLATION119 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Aug 15, 2018 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 35 | Amache Study Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 8, 2019 |
| HR 5844 | Amache Study Act | Identical bill | Jun 1, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the site known as "Amache" in the State of Colorado.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Amache Study Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Amache 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.
- Nov 26, 2018Reported to Senate
- May 16, 2018Introduced in Senate
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.
