3.0.0 2707 2023-01-12T17:53:01Z 2023-01-12T17:53:01Z House H HR 2007-06-13 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-08-04T03:14:51Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed04 Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-24T13:38:41Z Referred to 2007-06-13T14:01:20Z A bill to reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program. 110 1592 S 2007-06-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2007-08-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-07-31 Senate Received in the Senate. IntroReferral 2007-07-30 16:08:07 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2007-07-30 16:08:04 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/31/2007 H8882) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2007-07-30 16:08:04 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 7/31/2007 H8882) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-30 16:02:52 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2707. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2007-07-30 16:02:48 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR 7/31/2007 H8882-8884) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2007-07-30 16:01:06 Mr. Kucinich moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2007-07-24 hsed04 Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Committee 2007-06-13 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2007-06-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 N S001164 Rep. Schmidt, Jean [R-OH-2] Jean Schmidt R OH 2 2007-06-14 False J000284 Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11] STEPHANIE JONES D OH TUBBS 11 2007-06-14 False L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2007-06-15 False B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2007-06-15 False D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 2007-06-15 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2007-06-19 False B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2007-06-19 False F000440 Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] VITO FOSSELLA R NY 13 2007-06-28 False Social Sciences and History Arts, Culture, Religion Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Colleges Commerce Economics and Public Finance Education Exhibitions Federal aid to education Foundations Higher education History Museums Nonprofit organizations Public-private partnerships Slavery Social Welfare Social Sciences and History 00 2007-06-13 Introduced in House 2007-07-30T15:08:24Z Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to one or more nonprofit educational organizations established to research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the history of the Underground Railroad.

Requires each grant agreement to require the organization to: (1) establish a facility to house, display, and interpret the artifacts related to the history of the Underground Railroad; (2) demonstrate substantial private support for the facility through the implementation of a public-private partnership between a state or local public entity and a private entity providing certain matching funds; (3) create an endowment to fund shortfalls in the costs of ongoing facility operations; (4) establish a network of satellite centers throughout the United States to help disseminate information regarding the Underground Railroad; and (5) establish the capability to link the facility electronically with other local and regional facilities with interpretive Underground Railroad collections and programs.

]]> 36 2007-07-30 Passed House amended 2007-10-11T18:24:28Z Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to one or more nonprofit educational organizations established to research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the history of the Underground Railroad.

Requires each grant agreement to require the organization to: (1) establish a facility to house, display, and interpret the artifacts related to the history of the Underground Railroad; (2) demonstrate substantial private support for the facility through the implementation of a public-private partnership between a state or local public entity and a private entity providing certain matching funds; (3) create an endowment to fund shortfalls in the costs of ongoing facility operations; (4) establish a network of satellite centers throughout the United States to help disseminate information regarding the Underground Railroad; (5) establish the capability to link the facility electronically with other local and regional facilities with interpretive Underground Railroad collections and programs; and (6) report annually to the Secretary.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012.

]]> To reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program. Display Title To reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program. Official Title as Introduced To reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program. Introduced in House IH Referred in Senate 2007-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2707rfs/xml/BILLS-110hr2707rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2007-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2707eh/xml/BILLS-110hr2707eh.xml Introduced in House 2007-06-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2707ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2707ih.xml 2007-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.