To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including in the National Park System certain sites in Monroe County, Michigan, relating to the Battles of the River Raisin during the War of 1812.
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 6, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
River Raisin National Battlefield Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of, and report to specified congressional committees on, sites in Monroe County, Michigan, relating to the Battles of the River Raisin on January 18 and 22, 1813, and their aftermath to determine: (1) the national significance of the sites; and (2) the suitability and feasibility of including them in the National Park System (NPS).
Requires the study to include the Secretary's analysis and recommendations on: (1) the effect on Monroe County, Michigan, of including the sites in the NPS; and (2) whether the sites could be included in an existing NPS unit.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-637.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 377.
Mr. Pearce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6949-6950)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5132.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6949)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6949)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 650.
Enacted as Public Law 109-429
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11537-11543)
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11537-11543)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 109-429.
Became Public Law No: 109-429.