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H.R. 959 · 114th Congress

Medgar Evers House Study Act

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  1. House Introduced Feb 12, 2015
  2. House Passed Sep 16, 2015
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate without amendment · Sep 6, 2016

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 16, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Medgar Evers House Study Act

(Sec. 3) 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.

Requires Interior to: (1) evaluate the national significance of the site; (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the site as a unit of the National Park System (NPS); (3) determine the effect of the site's designation on existing commercial and recreational uses, and the effect on state and local governments to manage those activities; and (4) identify any authorities, including condemnation, that will compel or permit the Department of the Interior to influence or participate in local land use decisions (such as zoning) or place restrictions on nonfederal land if the site is designated as an NPS unit.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Medgar Evers House Study Act

Latest action (Sep 6, 2016): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608.

Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 12, 2015

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Feb 12, 2015
  2. House Passed Sep 16, 2015

No recorded floor vote found.