James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act
- Last Action
- 5/3/2017
Actions
- 2017-05-03Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 50.
- 2017-05-03Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-36.
- 2017-05-03Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-36.
- 2017-03-30Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 2017-01-11Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 2017-01-11Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-05-03 (80)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the James K. Polk Home and adjacent property in Columbia, Tennessee.
In conducting this study, Interior shall evaluate the national significance of the study area, determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System, and consider other alternatives for preservation, protection, and interpretation of the study area by government entities or private and nonprofit organizations.
Subjects
- Government studies and investigations
- Historic sites and heritage areas
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Tennessee
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