H.R. 4895 · 115th Congress
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Act
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Bennie Thompson
- Introduced
- 2018-01-29
- Latest action
- 2018-11-15 · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 115-370.
Summary
Medgar Evers National Monument Act
This bill establishes the Medgar Evers National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi, as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret the home and history of the pivotal role of Medgar Evers in the civil rights movement.
The National Park Service shall enter into a cooperative agreement with Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, for interpretive and educational programming related to the monument.