National Liberty Memorial Preservation Act
Latest action · Sep 27, 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 513.
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.
- IntroducedDec 8, 2021
- Passed HouseApr 26, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Liberty Memorial Preservation Act
This bill extends through FY2027 the authority of the National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on eligible federal land to honor the slaves and free Black persons who served as soldiers and sailors or provided civilian assistance during the American Revolution.
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 8, 2021 to Apr 25, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | Original | Dec 8, 2021 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Dec 8, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jan 10, 2022 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jan 18, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jan 18, 2022 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Jan 18, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jan 18, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Jan 19, 2022 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jan 21, 2022 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Jan 28, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Feb 1, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Feb 1, 2022 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Feb 4, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Feb 4, 2022 | |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Feb 7, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Feb 9, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Feb 22, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 22, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Mar 17, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Apr 4, 2022 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Apr 11, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Apr 25, 2022 |
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 Dec 8, 2021Markup Feb 16, 2022Reported Apr 25, 2022 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Dec 20, 2021Hearings Feb 3, 2022Discharged Feb 16, 2022 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 27, 2022Markup Jul 21, 2022Reported Sep 27, 2022 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2022Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 117-171.
- Sep 27, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 513.
- Jul 21, 2022Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Apr 27, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Apr 26, 2022Mr. Grijalva moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E423 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Apr 27, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4484, H4485Text printed H4484Notices H4508Estimated budget effects of H.R. 6201, National Liberty Memorial Preservation Act | Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ, Cliff Bentz R-OR, John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ | Apr 26, 2022 |
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 reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Nov 14, 2022H.R. 6201, National Liberty Memorial Preservation ActAs reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 27, 2022
- Apr 19, 2022H.R. 6201, National Liberty Memorial Preservation ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 16, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 212, December 8, 2021, page H7556.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3334 | National Liberty Memorial Preservation Act | Identical bill | May 11, 2022 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To extend the authority for the establishment of a commemorative work to honor enslaved and free Black persons who served in the American Revolution, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- National Liberty Memorial Preservation Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- National Liberty Memorial Preservation Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- National Liberty Memorial Preservation Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- National Liberty Memorial Preservation Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- National Liberty Memorial Preservation 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.
- Sep 27, 2022Reported to Senate
- Apr 27, 2022Referred in Senate
- Apr 26, 2022Engrossed in House
- Apr 25, 2022Reported in House
- Dec 8, 2021Introduced 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.
