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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 27, 2017
Thurgood Marshall's Elementary School Study Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the public school located in West Baltimore, Maryland, that former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall attended as a youth and any other resources in the surrounding neighborhood that relate to his early life. Interior shall: (1) evaluate the study area's national significance; and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System.
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Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · D–MD
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-302.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-302.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-504.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
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