US Congress House Bill 520

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May 17 2013 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 56.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study alternatives for the commemoration and interpretation of the role of the Buffalo Soldiers (African-American troops who, in the late 19th century and early 20th century, came to be known as the Buffalo Soldiers) in the early years of the National Parks, which shall include an evaluation of the suitability and feasibility of establishing a national historic trail commemorating the route traveled by the Buffalo Soldiers from their post in the Presidio in San Francisco to the Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks and to any other National Parks where they may have served.

Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act

Rep Speier, Jackie	Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z.	Rep Butterfield, G. K.	Rep Carson, Andre
Rep Chu, Judy	Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.	Rep Ellison, Keith
Rep Eshoo, Anna G.	Rep Farr, Sam	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.	Rep Horsford, Steven A.
Rep Huffman, Jared	Rep Israel, Steve	Rep Lee, Barbara	Rep McCollum, Betty
Rep McDermott, Jim	Rep Miller, George	Rep Moore, Gwen	Rep Nadler, Jerrold
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes	Rep Thompson, Bennie G.	Rep Vargas, Juan	Rep Veasey, Marc A.

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-17	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 56.
2013-05-17	House	Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-81.
2013-04-24	House	Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2013-04-24	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2013-04-24	House	Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
2013-02-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
2013-02-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

SB225 (Same As) 2013-05-16 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN00520:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr520ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr520ih.pdf
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr520rh/pdf/BILLS-113hr520rh.pdf