US Congress Senate Bill 395 (Prior Session Legislation)

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February 9 2009 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2028-2029)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009 - Requires the Librarian of Congress and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (acting through the Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture) to establish an oral history project to: (1) collect video and audio recordings of, and visual and written materials relevant to the personal histories of, participants in the Civil Rights movement; and (2) make the collection available for public use through the Library of Congress and the Museum.

Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009

Sen Kennedy, Edward M.	Sen Levin, Carl	Sen Schumer, Charles E.	Sen Dodd, Christopher J.
Sen Feinstein, Dianne	Sen Alexander, Lamar	Sen Bennett, Robert F.	Sen Cochran, Thad

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-09		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2028-2029)
2009-02-09		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2028)

HB586 (Related) 2009-05-12 - Became Public Law No: 111-19.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN00395:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111s395is/pdf/BILLS-111s395is.pdf