Blackwell School National Historic Site Act
Summary
Blackwell School National Historic Site Act This bill establishes the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Texas as a unit of the National Park System. The purpose of the site is to preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of present and future generations the Blackwell School, including (1) the role of the Blackwell School, which educated children of Mexican descent, as an academic and cultural cornerstone in Marfa, Texas; and (2) the function of the Blackwell School within a segregated system of education in Texas and the United States from the period of 1885 through 1965. The historic site shall not be established until the date on which the Department of the Interior has (1) entered into a written agreement with the Marfa Unified School District providing that the Blackwell School shall be donated to or placed by agreement into comanagement with the United States for inclusion in a national historic site to be managed consistently with the purposes of such a site, and (2) acquired sufficient land or interests in land within the boundaries of the historic site to constitute a manageable unit. Interior may only acquire by donation, purchase with donated funds, or exchange any land or interest in land located within the boundary of the historic site. The bill prohibits any private property or nonfederal public property from being included within the boundaries of the historic site or managed as part of such site without the written consent of the owner. Interior shall prepare a general management plan for the historic site.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
House Passage
Sep 2022
Signed into Law
Oct 2022
Introduced Jul 27, 2021
Signed Oct 17, 2022
Floor votes · House Sep 20, 2022
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Oct 17, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by President.
executive
Sep 20, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 12 (Roll no. 444).
lower
May 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2606)
upper
May 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 117-92.
upper
Nov 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
upper
Oct 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
upper
Jul 27, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
upper
Jul 27, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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