Evaluating Lynching Locations (ELL) for National Park Sites Act
Latest action · Jul 14, 2022 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 31, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Evaluating Lynching Locations (ELL) for National Park Sites Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites within approximately 100 miles of Memphis, Tennessee, at which lynchings took place.
In conducting the special resource study, Interior shall (1) evaluate the national significance of such study area, and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 31, 2022 to Jul 26, 2022, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | May 31, 2022 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jun 3, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jun 3, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jun 14, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Jul 26, 2022 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 14, 2022Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 7, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- May 31, 2022Introduced in House
- May 31, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 31, 2022Introduced in House
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