HR 5297 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum Act

Introduced Sep 20, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Al Lawson, Jr. D-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 30, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 20, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum Act

This bill designates the memorial and museum that is being constructed on an approximately 26-acre area on the POW-MIA Memorial Parkway in Jacksonville, Florida, as the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum.

The director of the memorial and museum shall submit a report to Congress that includes a budget for the memorial and museum.

Cosponsors 27

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 20, 2021 to Sep 13, 2022, with 24 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-FLBrian J. MastOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-FLByron DonaldsOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-FLCarlos A. GimenezOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-WACathy McMorris RodgersOriginalSep 20, 2021
D-FLCharlie CristOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-FLDaniel WebsterOriginalSep 20, 2021
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-FLGus M. BilirakisOriginalSep 20, 2021
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-INJames R. BairdOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-PRJenniffer González-ColónOriginalSep 20, 2021
D-CAJim CostaOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-FLJohn H. RutherfordOriginalSep 20, 2021
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 30, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  2. Sep 22, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
  3. Sep 20, 2021Introduced in House
  4. Sep 20, 2021Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 20, 2021Introduced in House

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