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H.R. 2880: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2016

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H.R. 2880: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-24 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 609.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-06-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] · 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. 609. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2016

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on February 24, 2016. The summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill redesignates the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site in the state of Georgia as the "Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park." The current boundary map is replaced with a map of a proposed boundary revision dated June 2015.

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Official text

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2016

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] · 77 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2880, Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2015 (2016-02-23); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2880, Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2016 (2016-08-09)

Cosponsors on this site

Gwen Moore (D-WI), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Al Green (D-TX), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and 17 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2880 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114