African American Burial Grounds Study Act
Latest action · Dec 21, 2020 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedNov 7, 2019
- Passed SenateDec 20, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
African American Burial Grounds Study Act
This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) to conduct a study of ways to identify, interpret, preserve, and record unmarked, previously abandoned, underserved, or other burial grounds relating to the historic African American experience.In conducting the study, the NPS shall consider
- ways to engage with descendant, local, and other communities historically associated with identified burial grounds by geography, genealogy, or culture;
- appropriate processes to identify locations of unmarked and unrecorded African American burial grounds with appropriate consideration for the privacy and safety of the burial grounds;
- alternatives for providing in a public database the locations of, and information on, recorded and unrecorded African American burial grounds;
- alternatives for commemorating and interpreting African American burial grounds; and
- best practices for preserving burial ground landscapes and caring for artifacts.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 7, 2019 to Dec 9, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Original | Nov 7, 2019 |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Dec 4, 2019 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Dec 4, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Dec 9, 2019 |
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 Nov 7, 2019Discharged Dec 20, 2020 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Mar 4, 2020 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2020Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 21, 2020Received in the House.
- Dec 21, 2020Held at the desk.
- Dec 20, 2020Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 20, 2020Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7859)
- Dec 20, 2020Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7859)
- Mar 4, 2020Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-367.
- Nov 7, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Nov 7, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7859Amendments S7859, S7877, S7878 | Sherrod Brown D-OH (amendment) | Dec 20, 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.
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. 116-367 | PENDING LEGISLATION101 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Mar 4, 2020 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45800 | The Federal Role in Historic Preservation: An Overview | Report | Mar 22, 2024 |
Amendments 2
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2721 | In the nature of a substitute. | Sherrod Brown D-OH | Amendment SA 2721 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
| SA 2722 | To amend the title. | Sherrod Brown D-OH | Amendment SA 2722 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1179 | African-American Burial Grounds Network Act | Related bill | May 22, 2019 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish within the National Park Service the U.S. African-American Burial Grounds Network, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by Senate
- A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of African American burial grounds, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- U.S. African-American Burial Grounds Network Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- African American Burial Grounds Study Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Department of the Interior
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Historic sites and heritage areas
- Monuments and memorials
- Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public-private cooperation
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Research administration and funding
- U.S. history
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 20, 2020Engrossed in Senate
- Nov 7, 2019Introduced 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.
