US Congress House Bill 1715 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on March 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-05-16 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medgar Evers House Study Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the home of the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, located at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, Mississippi. Interior shall: (1) evaluate the national significance of the site; (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the site as a unit of the National Park System (NPS); (3) determine the effect of the site's designation on existing commercial and recreational uses and on state and local government management of those activities; and (4) identify any authorities, including condemnation, that will compel or permit Interior to influence or participate in local land use decisions or place restrictions on nonfederal land if the site is designated as an NPS unit.

Medgar Evers House Study Act

Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-16	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
2017-05-16	House	Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-123.
2017-04-27	House	Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2017-04-27	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-04-27	House	Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
2017-03-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2017-03-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2017-03-23	House	Introduced in House

SB644 (Related) 2017-05-09 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 59.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1715/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1715/BILLS-115hr1715ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1715/BILLS-115hr1715rh.pdf