To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the James K. Polk Home in Columbia, Tennessee, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the James K. Polk Home and adjacent property in Columbia, Tennessee.
In conducting this study, Interior shall evaluate the national significance of the site and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System, and identify alternatives for the management, administration, and protection of the site.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 50.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-535.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-535.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 400.
Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3326-3327)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 443.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3326)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3326)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
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