James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act

United States115th CongressS-99Senate
Updated: May 3, 2017

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act (Sec. 2) 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 study area, determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System, and consider other alternatives for preservation, protection, and interpretation of the study area by government entities or private and nonprofit organizations.

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HR-443: James K. Polk Presidential Home Study Act

Received in the Senate.

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

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  3. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 50.

    Senate

  4. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-36.

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