Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act
Latest action · Dec 22, 2020 Became Public Law No: 116-248.
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.
- IntroducedJun 19, 2019
- Passed HouseSep 21, 2020
- Passed SenateDec 2, 2020
- To the PresidentDec 11, 2020
- Became lawDec 22, 2020Public Law 116-248
Summary
Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act
This bill authorizes the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to establish the Republic of Texas Legation Memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to commemorate and honor those individuals who, as representatives of the Republic of Texas, served in the District of Columbia as diplomats to the United States and made possible the annexation of Texas as the 28th state of the United States.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 18, 2019 to Mar 5, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Ron Wright | Jul 18, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Sep 20, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Sep 27, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Sep 27, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Nov 20, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Nov 20, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Nov 20, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Dec 6, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Mar 5, 2020 |
Committees 2
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 Jun 19, 2019Markup Mar 11, 2020Reported May 27, 2020 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jun 27, 2019Hearings Dec 4, 2019Discharged Mar 11, 2020 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 22, 2020Discharged Dec 3, 2020 |
Actions 22
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2020Signed by President.
- Dec 22, 2020Became Public Law No: 116-248.
- Dec 11, 2020Presented to President.
- Dec 3, 2020Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 2, 2020Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7187)
- Dec 2, 2020Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7187)
- Dec 2, 2020Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 22, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Sep 21, 2020Ms. Haaland moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 21, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4558-4559)
- Sep 21, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3349.
- Sep 21, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4558)
- Sep 21, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 27, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-425.
- May 27, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 340.
- Mar 11, 2020Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
- Mar 11, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 11, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 4, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 27, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Jun 19, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 19, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7187 | James M. Inhofe R-OK | Dec 2, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4558, H4559Text printed H4558Notices H4639Estimated budget effects of H.R. 3349, Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act | Debra A. Haaland D-NM, John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Liz Cheney R-WY, Lloyd Doggett D-TX | Sep 21, 2020 |
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
- May 5, 2020H.R. 3349, Republic of Texas Legation MemorialAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 11, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 103, June 19, 2019, page H4918.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43744 | Monuments and Memorials Authorized Under the Commemorative Works Act in the District of Columbia: Current Development of In-Progress and Lapsed Works | Report | Nov 10, 2026 |
| R41658 | Commemorative Works in the District of Columbia: Background and Practice | Report | May 8, 2023 |
| R45898 | U.S.-China Relations Archived | Report | Sep 3, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4744 | Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act | Related bill | Sep 29, 2020 |
Titles 8
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to establish the Republic of Texas Legation Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Sep 22, 2020Referred in Senate
- Sep 21, 2020Engrossed in House
- May 27, 2020Reported in House
- Jun 19, 2019Introduced 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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
