S. 3247: West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act
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S. 3247: West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act
112th Congress · introduced 2012-05-24 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-05-24 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · what a sponsor is
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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 Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · 0 cosponsors
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s3247.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s3247 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112