US Congress Senate Bill 2309 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-09-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 623.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish within the National Park Service (NPS) an African American Civil Rights Network that encompasses: (1) all NPS units and programs that relate to the African American civil rights movement during the period from 1939 through 1968; (2) other federal, state, local, and privately owned properties that relate to the African American civil rights movement and that are included in, or eligible for, the National Register of Historic Places; and (3) other governmental and nongovernmental facilities and programs of an educational, research, or interpretive nature that are directly related to such movement. In carrying out the network, Interior must: (1) review civil rights movement studies and reports that may already be underway or completed, such as the Civil Rights Framework Study; (2) produce and disseminate educational materials, such as handbooks, maps, interpretive guides, or electronic information; (3) provide technical assistance; and (4) adopt an official, uniform symbol or device for the network and issue regulations for the symbol's use.

African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2016

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-08	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 623.
2016-09-08	Senate	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. 114-348.
2016-07-13	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2016-03-17	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
2015-11-19	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB3683 (Related) 2016-11-30 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2309/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2309/BILLS-114s2309is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2309/BILLS-114s2309rs.pdf