HR 1407 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Springfield Race Riot National Historic Monument Act

Introduced Feb 26, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Rodney Davis R-IL

Latest action · Apr 1, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

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.

IntroducedFeb 26, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Springfield Race Riot National Historic Monument Act

This bill establishes the Springfield Race Riot National Historic Monument in Illinois as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret the resources associated with the Springfield Race Riot of 1908 and its role in the forming of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2021 to May 11, 2021; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Feb 26, 2021
D-NC	Alma S. Adams	Original	Feb 26, 2021
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-OH	Anthony Gonzalez	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-IL	Darin LaHood	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-OH	David P. Joyce	Original	Feb 26, 2021
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Feb 26, 2021
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-NE	Don Bacon	Original	Feb 26, 2021
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 26, 2021
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Feb 26, 2021
R-IL	Mike Bost	Original	Feb 26, 2021
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Feb 26, 2021
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi	Original	Feb 26, 2021
D-IL	Sean Casten	Original	Feb 26, 2021
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Feb 26, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Feb 26, 2021
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Mar 2, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Mar 2, 2021
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Mar 9, 2021
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Mar 9, 2021
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		May 7, 2021
R-AK	Don Young		May 11, 2021

Committees 1

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 Feb 26, 2021
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred Apr 1, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 1, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Feb 26, 2021Introduced in House
Feb 26, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 37, February 26, 2021, page H859.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 139	Springfield Race Riot Study Act	Reintroduction of	Sep 22, 2020
S 305	Springfield Race Riot National Monument Act	Related bill	Sep 21, 2022

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To establish the Springfield Race Riot National Historic Monument in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Springfield Race Riot National Historic Monument Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 26, 2021Introduced in House

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