HR 7912 United States House · 117th Congress

Evaluating Lynching Locations (ELL) for National Park Sites Act

Summary

Evaluating Lynching Locations (ELL) for National Park Sites Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites within approximately 100 miles of Memphis, Tennessee, at which lynchings took place. In conducting the special resource study, Interior shall (1) evaluate the national significance of such study area, and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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May 2022

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Introduced May 31, 2022 Last action Jul 14, 2022

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Committee

Jul 14, 2022

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

lower

Jun 7, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

lower

May 31, 2022

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

lower

May 31, 2022

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Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 20 co-sponsors