Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act
Latest action · Dec 14, 2022 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 451.
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 8, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act
This bill redesignates the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site currently located in Topeka, Kansas, as the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park.
Further, the bill expands the park to include additional sites in Clarendon County, South Carolina, and establishes as affiliated areas specified sites in Farmville, Virginia; Wilmington, Claymont, and Hockessin, Delaware; and the District of Columbia.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2021 to Apr 25, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | Bob Good | Original | Feb 8, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 8, 2021 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Feb 8, 2021 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Apr 25, 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 8, 2021Markup Apr 6, 2022Reported Dec 14, 2022 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Mar 15, 2021Hearings Apr 21, 2021Discharged Apr 6, 2022 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-627.
- Dec 14, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 451.
- Apr 6, 2022Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
- Apr 6, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 6, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 21, 2021Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 15, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Feb 8, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 8, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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. 167, no. 23, February 8, 2021, page H483.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 270 | Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act | Identical bill | May 12, 2022 |
| HR 8281 | Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Expansion Act | Reintroduction of | Sep 17, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Act entitled "Act to provide for the establishment of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in the State of Kansas, and for other purposes" to provide for inclusion of additional related sites in the National Park System, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Expansion Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2022Reported in House
- Feb 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.
