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- Last Action
- 5/8/2019
Actions
- 2019-01-30Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- 2019-01-09Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2019-01-09Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H301-302)
- 2019-01-09Introduced in House
- 2019-01-09Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-09 (00)
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Act
This bill establishes the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home 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 and Myrlie Evers in the civil rights movement.
The National Park Service shall seek to enter into a cooperative agreement with Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, for interpretive and educational services related to the monument.
Cosponsors (20)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- JOHN LEWIS (D-GA)
- JAMES CLYBURN (D-SC)
- Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- G. K. Butterfield (D-NC)
- SANFORD BISHOP (D-GA)
- Marc Veasey (D-TX)
- Lucy McBath (D-GA)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- Al Green (D-TX)
- Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
- Steven Horsford (D-NV)
- Brenda Lawrence (D-MI)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Robin Kelly (D-IL)
- Alma Adams (D-NC)
- MAXINE WATERS (D-CA)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- A. McEachin (D-VA)
Subjects
- Higher education
- Historic sites and heritage areas
- Mississippi
- Monuments and memorials
- Racial and ethnic relations
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