S. 3141IntroducedPUBLIC LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES
New Philadelphia National Historical Park Act
Historic sites and heritage areas · Illinois · Land use and conservation
Key facts
Introduced: Nov 2, 2021
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 1
Congress: 117th
Latest action · Oct 18, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 534.
Summary
New Philadelphia National Historical Park Act
This bill establishes the New Philadelphia National Historical Park in Illinois as a unit of the National Park System.
The purposes of the park are to protect, preserve, and interpret the historic resources associated with the town of New Philadelphia, the first town in the United States planned and legally registered by a free African American before the Civil War.
The park shall consist of the approximately 124.33 acres of land within the boundary generally identified on the map titled New Philadelphia National Historic Site Proposed Boundary and dated July 2021.
Summary by Congressional Research Service.
Timeline
- Oct 18, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 534.
- Oct 18, 2022Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/14/2022 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-183.
- Oct 18, 2022Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/14/2022 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-183.
- Jul 21, 2022Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 11, 2022Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-297.
- Nov 2, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S7605)
- Nov 2, 2021Introduced in Senate
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