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H.R. 685: United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009

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H.R. 685: United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009

111th Congress · introduced 2009-01-26 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-01-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 29, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.) United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate a range of alternatives for the protection and interpretation of sites associated with the struggle for civil rights in the United States, including alternatives for potential addition of some or all of the sites to the National Trails System. Requires submission of a report to Congress that contains the results of such study and recommendations of the Secretary respecting the route.

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Official text

United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] · 33 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 685, United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009 (2009-09-23); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 685, United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009 (2009-09-23); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 685, United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009 (2010-08-09); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 685, United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009 (2010-08-09)

Cosponsors on this site

Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Maxine Waters (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr685 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111