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Bill115th CongressFiled Mar 23, 2017Public Lands and Natural Resources
H.R. 1715

Medgar Evers House Study Act

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What it doesSummary reported to house without amendment (May 16, 2017)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

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.

What just happenedMay 16, 2017

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2](D-MS)Sponsor
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  1. May 16, 2017CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.

  2. May 16, 2017CommitteeH12200

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-123.

    Natural Resources Committee
  3. May 16, 2017Committee5000

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-123.

    Natural Resources Committee
  4. Apr 27, 2017Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

    Natural Resources Committee
  5. Apr 27, 2017Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Natural Resources Committee
  6. Apr 27, 2017Committee

    Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.

    Natural Resources Committee
  7. Mar 30, 2017Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

    Federal Lands Subcommittee
  8. Mar 23, 2017IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

    Natural Resources Committee
  9. Mar 23, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  10. Mar 23, 2017IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Reported to House without amendmentMay 16, 201779

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

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.

Introduced in HouseMar 23, 2017

Medgar Evers House Study Act

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, which is located at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, Mississippi.

Interior shall: (1) evaluate the national significance of the site, and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System.

Medgar Evers House Study Act — Informed