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H.R. 4119: West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act

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H.R. 4119: West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-02-28 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-02-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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, and the block on which the Church is located. Requires the Secretary to evaluate the national significance of the site; determine the suitability and feasibility of designating such area as a unit of the National Park System; consider alternatives for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the site; consider the effect of the designation of the study area as a unit of the National Park System on existing commercial and recreational activities, including but not limited to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting, and on the authorization, construction, operation, maintenance, or improvement of energy production and transmission infrastructure, and the authority of state and local governments to manage those activities; identify any authorities, including condemnation, that will compel or permit the Secretary to influence or participate in local land use decisions (such as zoning) or place restrictions on non-federal lands if the study area is designated as a unit of the National Park System. Requires owners of private property adjacent to the study area to be notified of the study's commencement and scope. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study and any conclusions and recommendations.

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Official text

West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] · 77 cosponsors

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Austin Scott (R-GA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Maxine Waters (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Jim Costa (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI) and 17 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] reported raising $514,399 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong113-hr4119 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113