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H.R. 434: Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act

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H.R. 434: Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-10 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Became Public Law No: 116-111.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 116-111. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act

Plain summary

Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act This bill requires the Emancipation National Historic Trail, which extends approximately 51 miles and follows the migration route taken by newly freed slaves and other persons of African descent from Galveston, Texas, to Houston, Texas, to be studied for designation as a national scenic trail.

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Official text

Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · 55 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 434, Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act (2019-05-14)

Cosponsors on this site

Gwen Moore (D-WI), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr434 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116