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Springfield Race Riot National Historic Monument Act
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the site of the Springfield Race Riot of 1908 in Springfield, Illinois, and adjacent property.
In conducting the study, Interior must evaluate the national significance of such area and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System.
What just happenedDec 17, 2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 347.
Who’s behind it
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 347.
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. Without written report.
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. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-308.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
Springfield Race Riot National Historic Monument Act
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the site of the Springfield Race Riot of 1908 in Springfield, Illinois, and adjacent property.
In conducting the study, Interior must evaluate the national significance of such area and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System.
Springfield Race Riot National Historic Monument Act
This bill establishes the Springfield Race Riot National Historic Monument in Illinois as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret the resources associated with the Springfield Race Riot of 1908 and its role in the forming of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.