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H.R. 1239: National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007

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H.R. 1239: National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007

110th Congress · introduced 2007-02-28 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-02-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530) 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007

Plain summary

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Amends the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to: (1) direct the Secretary of the Interior to appoint at least eight full time equivalent staff; and (2) revise funding provisions.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] · 67 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1239, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007 (2007-07-18); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1239, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007 (2007-07-18); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1239, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007 (2008-02-22); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1239, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007 (2008-02-22)

Cosponsors on this site

Maxine Waters (D-CA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Al Green (D-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and 7 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr1239 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110