Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Act

Bill: 115-hr-4895
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2018-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Mississippi
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: 

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 to the monument. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 657.
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: 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.
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: 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.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3949)
action_date: 2018-05-15
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 H3949)
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4895.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3949-3951)
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 483.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-632.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-632.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-29
text: Introduced in House