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S. 644

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Medgar Evers House Study Act
About This Bill
Introduced
Latest Action · May 9, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 59.
Congress
115th (2017–2019)
Introduced
March 15, 2017
Cosponsors (1)
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Medgar Evers House Study Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the home of the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, which is located at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, Mississippi. Interior shall: (1) evaluate the national significance of the study area; (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System; and (3) consider alternatives for preservation, protection, and interpretation of the study area by the federal government, state or local governments, or private and nonprofit organizations.

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