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H.R. 5485: Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act

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H.R. 5485: Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act

109th Congress · introduced 2006-05-25 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-05-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act

Plain summary

Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of designating the coastal areas of Clatsop County, Oregon, and Pacific County, Washington (also known as the North Beach Peninsula) and areas relating to Native American history, local history, Euro-American settlement culture, and related economic activities of the Columbia River within a corridor along such River eastward in Clatsop County and Pacific, Columbia, and Wahkiakum Counties, Washington, as the "Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area."

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Official text

Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] · 2 cosponsors

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Doris O. Matsui (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr5485 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109