House Bill 4895
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Act
Active
Passed House on May 15, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
4895
Congress
115
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
checkPassed on May 15, 2018
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
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)
Summary
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.
November 15, 2018
May 16, 2018
May 15, 2018
April 11, 2018
January 29, 2018
11/15/2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 657.
11/15/2018
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.
10/02/2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
08/15/2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
05/16/2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
05/15/2018
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
05/15/2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
05/15/2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3949)
05/15/2018
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)
05/15/2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4895.
05/15/2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3949-3951)
05/15/2018
Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
04/11/2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 483.
04/11/2018
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-632.
02/14/2018
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
02/14/2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
02/14/2018
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
02/06/2018
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
01/30/2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
01/29/2018
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
01/29/2018
Introduced in House
Public Record
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