S. 2827 · 116th Congress
U.S. African-American Burial Grounds Network Act
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BrownSponsor6 cosponsors · 5 D, 1 R
1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
- Senate Introduced Nov 7, 2019
- Senate Passed Dec 20, 2020
What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate · Dec 20, 2020
African American Burial Grounds Study Act
This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) to conduct a study of ways to identify, interpret, preserve, and record unmarked, previously abandoned, underserved, or other burial grounds relating to the historic African American experience.In conducting the study, the NPS shall consider
- ways to engage with descendant, local, and other communities historically associated with identified burial grounds by geography, genealogy, or culture;
- appropriate processes to identify locations of unmarked and unrecorded African American burial grounds with appropriate consideration for the privacy and safety of the burial grounds;
- alternatives for providing in a public database the locations of, and information on, recorded and unrecorded African American burial grounds;
- alternatives for commemorating and interpreting African American burial grounds; and
- best practices for preserving burial ground landscapes and caring for artifacts.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: African American Burial Grounds Study Act
Latest action (Dec 21, 2020): Held at the desk.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Nov 7, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Nov 7, 2019
- Senate Passed Dec 20, 2020
No recorded floor vote found.