H.R. 3250Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act of 2020

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Sponsor: Danny K. Davis [D-IL-07]
Cosponsors: 43 · 35 Democrats · 8 Republicans
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Committee: Natural Resources Committee
Latest action: Jan 13, 2021 · Became Public Law No: 116-336.

IntroducedJun 13, 2019
Passed the HouseDec 17, 2020
Passed the SenateDec 21, 2020
Sent to the PresidentJan 1, 2021
Became lawJan 13, 2021

What the measure doesCRS summary

Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to study the sites associated with the life and legacy of Julius Rosenwald, a part owner and President of Sears, Roebuck and Company and a noted philanthropist who helped finance construction of 5,357 schools in 15 southern states between 1912 and 1932. The study shall include a special emphasis on specified sites, including certain Rosenwald Schools.

In conducting such study, Interior shall (1) evaluate the national significance of the sites; and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the sites as a unit of the National Park System, including an interpretive center in or near Chicago, Illinois.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 3250 as public Law on Jan 13, 2021. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 245

House Dec 17, 2020

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

387 Yea 5 Nay 37 not voting

Crossed both parties 5 of 392 voting members broke with their own party: 5 Republicans.

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All members429 members

Democratic233 members

Republican196 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors43 · 35 Democrats · 8 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 3250 and vote against it. 8 signed when it was filed.

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H.R. 3250Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act of 2020

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 245

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors43 · 35 Democrats · 8 Republicans

H.R. 3250Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act of 2020

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 245

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors43 · 35 Democrats · 8 Republicans

Who lobbied on H.R. 32503 organizations

Who lobbied on H.R. 32503 organizations