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African American Burial Grounds Study Act

USA116th CongressS-2827| Senate 
| Updated: 12/21/2020
Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

Democratic Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (6)
Lamar Alexander (Republican)Mark R. Warner (Democratic)Doug Jones (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)

Energy and Natural Resources Committee, National Parks Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
African American Burial Grounds Study Act This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) to conduct a study of ways to identify, interpret, preserve, and record unmarked, previously abandoned, underserved, or other burial grounds relating to the historic African American experience. In conducting the study, the NPS shall consider ways to engage with descendant, local, and other communities historically associated with identified burial grounds by geography, genealogy, or culture; appropriate processes to identify locations of unmarked and unrecorded African American burial grounds with appropriate consideration for the privacy and safety of the burial grounds; alternatives for providing in a public database the locations of, and information on, recorded and unrecorded African American burial grounds; alternatives for commemorating and interpreting African American burial grounds; and best practices for preserving burial ground landscapes and caring for artifacts.

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Timeline
Nov 7, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Nov 7, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 4, 2020
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-367.
Dec 20, 2020
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7859)
Dec 20, 2020
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7859)
Dec 20, 2020
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 20, 2020
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7859)
Dec 21, 2020
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 21, 2020
Received in the House.
Dec 21, 2020
Held at the desk.
  • November 7, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 7, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • March 4, 2020
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-367.


  • December 20, 2020
    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7859)


  • December 20, 2020
    Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7859)


  • December 20, 2020
    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.


  • December 20, 2020
    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7859)


  • December 21, 2020
    Message on Senate action sent to the House.


  • December 21, 2020
    Received in the House.


  • December 21, 2020
    Held at the desk.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • HR 116-1179: African-American Burial Grounds Network Act
Cemeteries and funeralsDepartment of the InteriorExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHistoric sites and heritage areasMonuments and memorialsMuseums, exhibitions, cultural centersPublic-private cooperationRacial and ethnic relationsResearch administration and fundingU.S. history

African American Burial Grounds Study Act

USA116th CongressS-2827| Senate 
| Updated: 12/21/2020
African American Burial Grounds Study Act This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) to conduct a study of ways to identify, interpret, preserve, and record unmarked, previously abandoned, underserved, or other burial grounds relating to the historic African American experience. In conducting the study, the NPS shall consider ways to engage with descendant, local, and other communities historically associated with identified burial grounds by geography, genealogy, or culture; appropriate processes to identify locations of unmarked and unrecorded African American burial grounds with appropriate consideration for the privacy and safety of the burial grounds; alternatives for providing in a public database the locations of, and information on, recorded and unrecorded African American burial grounds; alternatives for commemorating and interpreting African American burial grounds; and best practices for preserving burial ground landscapes and caring for artifacts.

Bill Text Versions

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2 versions available

Suggested Questions

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Timeline
Nov 7, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Nov 7, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 4, 2020
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-367.
Dec 20, 2020
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7859)
Dec 20, 2020
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7859)
Dec 20, 2020
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 20, 2020
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7859)
Dec 21, 2020
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 21, 2020
Received in the House.
Dec 21, 2020
Held at the desk.
  • November 7, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 7, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • March 4, 2020
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-367.


  • December 20, 2020
    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7859)


  • December 20, 2020
    Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7859)


  • December 20, 2020
    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.


  • December 20, 2020
    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7859)


  • December 21, 2020
    Message on Senate action sent to the House.


  • December 21, 2020
    Received in the House.


  • December 21, 2020
    Held at the desk.
Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

Democratic Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (6)
Lamar Alexander (Republican)Mark R. Warner (Democratic)Doug Jones (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)

Energy and Natural Resources Committee, National Parks Subcommittee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • HR 116-1179: African-American Burial Grounds Network Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Cemeteries and funeralsDepartment of the InteriorExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHistoric sites and heritage areasMonuments and memorialsMuseums, exhibitions, cultural centersPublic-private cooperationRacial and ethnic relationsResearch administration and fundingU.S. history