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H.R.4895

H.R.4895: Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Act

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Introduced Jan. 29, 2018
Latest Major Action Nov. 15, 2018

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Medgar Evers National Monument Act This bill establishes the Medgar Evers National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi, as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret the home and history of the pivotal role of Medgar Evers in the civil rights movement. The National Park Service shall enter into a cooperative agreement with Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, for interpretive and educational programming related...

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Date	Description
Nov. 15, 2018	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 657.
Nov. 15, 2018	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 115-370.
Oct. 2, 2018	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Aug. 15, 2018	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
May 16, 2018	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 15, 2018	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
May 15, 2018	Considered under suspension of the rules.
May 15, 2018	Voice Vote in the House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3949)
May 15, 2018	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3949-3951)
May 15, 2018	The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
May 15, 2018	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 15, 2018	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4895.
May 15, 2018	Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
April 11, 2018	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 483.
April 11, 2018	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-632.
Feb. 14, 2018	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Feb. 14, 2018	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb. 14, 2018	Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Feb. 6, 2018	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jan. 30, 2018	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jan. 29, 2018	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan. 29, 2018	Introduced in the House by Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

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Introduced in the House by Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)