West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act

Bill: 113-hr-4119
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2014-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Georgia
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: 
West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church located at 775 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, to evaluate the national significance of the Church and to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating such area as a unit of the National Park System. 

action_date: 2014-09-15
text: 
West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church located at 775 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, and the block on which the Church is located. 
 
Requires the Secretary to
 
 
evaluate the national significance of the site;
 
determine the suitability and feasibility of designating such area as a unit of the National Park System;
 
consider alternatives for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the site;
 
consider the effect of the designation of the study area as a unit of the National Park System on existing commercial and recreational activities, including but not limited to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting, and on the authorization, construction, operation, maintenance, or improvement of energy production and transmission infrastructure, and the authority of state and local governments to manage those activities;
 
identify any authorities, including condemnation, that will compel or permit the Secretary to influence or participate in local land use decisions (such as zoning) or place restrictions on non-federal lands if the study area is designated as a unit of the National Park System. 
 
 
Requires owners of private property adjacent to the study area to be notified of the study's commencement and scope. 
 
Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study and any conclusions and recommendations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7495-7496)
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7495-7496)
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4119.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7495-7497)
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 439.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-592.
action_date: 2014-09-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-592.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Introduced in House