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H.R. 7912

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To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing a network of locations associated with lynchings in the vicinity of Memphis, Tennessee, as a unit of the National Park System.
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Committee
Latest Action · July 14, 2022
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Congress
117th (2021–2023)
Introduced
May 31, 2022
Cosponsors (20)
20D 0R
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Evaluating Lynching Locations (ELL) for National Park Sites Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites within approximately 100 miles of Memphis, Tennessee, at which lynchings took place. In conducting the special resource study, Interior shall (1) evaluate the national significance of such study area, and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System.

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