US Congress House Bill 1179 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-13)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-05-22 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of the Interior to establish the U.S. African-American Burial Grounds Network within the National Park Service (NPS). In carrying out the network, Interior, among other things, must review existing and new studies and reports to inform consideration of sites for the network; furnish specified technical assistance; develop a program to train states, units of local government, regional governmental bodies, organizations, educational institutions, and private entities to carry out the purposes of this bill; and produce and disseminate educational and training materials related to African-American burial ground identification methods and best practices for caring for artifacts, developing interpretive tours and exhibits, preserving burial ground landscapes, heritage tourism initiatives and sources for grants (e.g., handbooks, maps, interpretive guides, or electronic information). A burial ground shall only be considered for addition to the network with the property owner's consent and at the request of an individual, landowner, private or nonprofit organization, state or local government, or another entity.

African-American Burial Grounds Network Act

Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Sen. Ted Budd [R-NC]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Joe Cunningham [D-SC]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Denver Riggleman [R-VA]	Rep. Ben Cline [R-VA]	Rep. Troy Balderson [R-OH]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-22	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-03-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
2019-02-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-02-13	House	Introduced in House

SB2827 (Related) 2020-12-21 - Held at the desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1179/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1179/BILLS-116hr1179ih.pdf