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

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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; 24 are original cosponsors, there from 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
R-FLKat CammackOriginalSep 20, 2021
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-FLMaria Elvira SalazarOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-FLMatt GaetzOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-FLMichael WaltzOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-FLNeal P. DunnOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeOriginalSep 20, 2021
R-NMYvette HerrellOriginalSep 20, 2021
D-CATed LieuSep 21, 2021
R-FLBill PoseySep 23, 2021
R-WVAlexander X. MooneySep 13, 2022

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Sep 20, 2021
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Sep 30, 2021
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Sep 20, 2021
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Sep 22, 2021

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.

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 1, Section 8: 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. 162, September 20, 2021, page H4556.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To designate the POW/MIA Memorial and Museum in Jacksonville, Florida, as the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 20, 2021Introduced in House

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