3.0.0 857 2023-01-11T13:36:59Z 2023-01-11T13:36:59Z Senate S 2017-04-05 115 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-05T21:50:41Z African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2017 115 1927 HR 2018-01-08 Signed by President. Related bill CRS Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 115 1460 S 2017-09-19 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-485. Related bill CRS 2017-04-05 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2017-04-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2017-04-05 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Government buildings, facilities, and property Government studies and investigations Historic sites and heritage areas Parks, recreation areas, trails Protest and dissent Racial and ethnic relations U.S. history Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-04-05 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-20T19:36:47Z African American Civil Rights Network Act

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish within the National Park Service (NPS) an African American Civil Rights Network that encompasses: (1) all NPS units and programs that relate to the African American civil rights movement during the period from 1939 through 1968; (2) other federal, state, local, and privately owned properties that relate to the African American civil rights movement and that are included in, or eligible for, the National Register of Historic Places; and (3) other governmental and nongovernmental facilities and programs of an educational, research, or interpretive nature that are directly related to such movement.

In carrying out the network, Interior must: (1) review civil rights movement studies and reports that may already be underway or completed, such as the Civil Rights Framework Study; (2) produce and disseminate educational materials, such as handbooks, maps, interpretive guides, or electronic information; (3) provide technical assistance; and (4) adopt an official, uniform symbol or device for the network and issue regulations for the symbol's use.

]]> African American Civil Rights Network Act Display Title African American Civil Rights Network Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish within the National Park Service the African American Civil Rights Network, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced African American Civil Rights Network Act Introduced in Senate 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s857is/xml/BILLS-115s857is.xml 2017-04-05 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.