3.0.0 3054 2023-01-11T13:32:39Z 2023-01-11T13:32:39Z Senate S 2016-06-14 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-06-14T14:52:46Z Medgar Evers House Study Act 114 959 HR 2016-09-06 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608. Related bill CRS Medgar Evers House Study Act 114 2177 S 2016-09-06 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597. Related bill CRS Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 114 3068 S 2016-06-16 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 521. Related bill CRS 2016-06-14 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2016-06-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS N Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congressional oversight Government buildings, facilities, and property Government studies and investigations Historic sites and heritage areas Mississippi Protest and dissent U.S. history Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2016-06-14 Introduced in Senate 2016-08-02T20:29:05Z Preserving Civil Rights Heritage Act of 2016

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of significant civil rights sites, including:

  • the former home of Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi;
  • the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi;
  • the site of Bryant's Store in Money, Mississippi;
  • the former office of Dr. Gilbert in Biloxi, Mississippi; and
  • the Old Neshoba County Jail in Philadelphia, Mississippi.

Interior must submit its recommendations to Congress after evaluating the suitability and feasibility of designating each site as a unit of the National Park System and considering other alternatives for preservation, protection, and interpretation by federal, state, or local governments or private or nonprofit organizations.

]]> Preserving Civil Rights Heritage Act of 2016 Display Title Preserving Civil Rights Heritage Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of significant civil rights sites. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Preserving Civil Rights Heritage Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3054is/xml/BILLS-114s3054is.xml 2016-06-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.