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S. 242 · 109th Congress

Columbia Space Shuttle Memorials Act of 2005

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Passed the Senate without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 109th Congress ended.

KHR HutchisonSponsor
1 cosponsor · 1 R
JCR Cornyn

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. Senate Introduced Feb 1, 2005
  2. Senate Passed Nov 16, 2005

Columbia Space Shuttle Memorial Study Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to carry out a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing, as units of the National Park System, memorials to the Space Shuttle Columbia, to be located on the four specified parcels of land…

What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate amended · Nov 16, 2005

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on October 19, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Columbia Space Shuttle Memorial Study Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to carry out a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing, as units of the National Park System, memorials to the Space Shuttle Columbia, to be located on the four specified parcels of land in Texas on which large debris from the Space Shuttle was recovered.

Instructs the Secretary, in carrying out such study, to assume that, if established after completion of such study, each memorial shall be administered by the Secretary.

Authorizes the Secretary to recommend to Congress additional sites in Texas relating to the Space Shuttle Columbia for establishment as memorials.

Authorizes appropriations.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Columbia Space Shuttle Memorial Study Act of 2005

Latest action (Dec 2, 2005): Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.

Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 1, 2005

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  1. Senate Introduced Feb 1, 2005
  2. Senate Passed Nov 16, 2005

No recorded floor vote found.