US HB4179 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 110-0)
Status: Introduced on August 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-08-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Pending: House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on August 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-08-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Pending: House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Prohibits federal funds from being used for the creation, maintenance, or display of any Confederate symbol on federal public land or other federal property. An exception to such prohibition is provided (1) if the use of such funds is necessary to allow for the removal of the Confederate symbol to address public safety; or (2) in the case of a Confederate symbol created, maintained, or displayed in a museum or educational exhibit. The Department of Defense shall redesignate the following military installations with such designation as it determines appropriate: Fort Rucker, Alabama, Fort Benning, Georgia, Fort Gordon, Georgia, Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, Fort Polk, Louisiana, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Fort Hood, Texas, Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, Fort Lee, Virginia, and Fort Pickett, Virginia.
Title
No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-08-21 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. |
2019-08-12 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. |
2019-08-12 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. |
2019-08-12 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. |
2019-08-12 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. |
2019-08-12 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. |
2019-08-12 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. |
2019-08-12 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. |
2019-08-09 | House | Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2019-08-09 | House | Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2019-08-09 | House | Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2019-08-09 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Alabama
Armed forces and national security
Conflicts and wars
Georgia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Louisiana
Military facilities and property
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
National symbols
North Carolina
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public transit
Racial and ethnic relations
Roads and highways
Texas
U.S. history
Virginia
Armed forces and national security
Conflicts and wars
Georgia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Louisiana
Military facilities and property
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
National symbols
North Carolina
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public transit
Racial and ethnic relations
Roads and highways
Texas
U.S. history
Virginia
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4179/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4179/BILLS-116hr4179ih.pdf |