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H.R.915 / 113th Congress

To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 245.

Official summary

Version 28 · Reported to House without amendment, Part I · Jan 23, 2014

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Authorizes the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia to commemorate the formation of the Peace Corps and to honor the ideals upon which it was founded.

Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense to establish the commemorative work.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] · D–MA

Committees

  • Budget Committee
  • Natural Resources Committee
73 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 245.

  2. Committee on Budget discharged.

  3. Committee on Budget discharged.

  4. Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-329, Part I.

  5. Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-329, Part I.

  6. Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

  7. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  8. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.

  9. Subcommittee Hearings Held.

  10. Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

  11. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

  12. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

  13. Introduced in House

  14. Introduced in House

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