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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
9/6/2016 • Senate
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Medgar Evers House Study Act
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the home of the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, which is located at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, Mississippi.
Interior shall: (1) evaluate the national significance of the site, and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System.
Reported to Senate without amendment • 9/6/2016
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Originated in the Senate
Introduced
October 8, 2015
Committee Review
March 17, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-496.
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