H.R. 1521: West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act
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H.R. 1521: West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act
112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-13 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act
Plain summary
West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church located at 775 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, to evaluate the national significance of the Church and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating such area as a unit of the National Park System.
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West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] · 13 cosponsors
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Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr1521.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr1521 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112