To authorize the Thomas Paine Memorial Association to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Dec 30, 2022 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 497.
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 11, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill authorizes the Thomas Paine Memorial Association to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia in honor of the philosopher and patriot, Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine is best known for writing Common Sense, a pamphlet that helped to inspire the Revolutionary War.
The establishment of the commemorative work shall be in accordance with the Commemorative Works Act.
Federal funds may not be used to pay any expense to establish the commemorative work.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2022 to Nov 7, 2022; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 11, 2022 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Feb 11, 2022 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Feb 11, 2022 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Feb 11, 2022 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Feb 11, 2022 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Feb 11, 2022 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Feb 11, 2022 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Feb 11, 2022 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| R-IN | Victoria Spartz | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Nov 7, 2022 |
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 11, 2022Markup Dec 8, 2022Reported Dec 30, 2022 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Feb 18, 2022Hearings Jul 14, 2022Discharged Dec 8, 2022 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 30, 2022Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-680.
- Dec 30, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 497.
- Dec 8, 2022Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
- Dec 8, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Dec 8, 2022Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
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 report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 28, February 11, 2022, page H1120.
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. 117-173 | EXAMINING OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE: AN UPDATE FROM THE FRONTLINES87 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Mar 9, 2021 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Thomas Paine Memorial Association to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Sciences and History.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 30, 2022Reported in House
- Feb 11, 2022Introduced 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.
