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Version 81 · Passed House without amendment · Jul 13, 2010
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2004 to extend, through FY2015, the authorization of appropriations for grants to the Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland, to carry out programs related to civil rights and juvenile justice through the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and Justice Learning Center.
People & committees
Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] · D–MD
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5507)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5507)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3967.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5507-5508)
Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 299.
Committee on Judiciary discharged.
Committee on Judiciary discharged.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-526, Part I.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-526, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Referred to House Judiciary
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Natural Resources
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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