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H.R. 4192: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

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H.R. 4192: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

109th Congress · introduced 2005-11-01 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2005-11-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 23 (2006): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR4192 (2006-03-08), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if the Clinton Birthplace Foundation, Inc. donates the William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home, to designate the William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home site as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, to be known as the "President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site."

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Official text

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] · 4 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4192, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System (2005-11-29); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4192, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System (2005-11-29)

Cosponsors on this site

John Boozman (R-AR)

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (1)
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr4192 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109