H.R. 1352 · 119th Congress

To designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 13, 2025Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced (done)
  2. Committee (done)
  3. Passed House (current)
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 418.

Summary

This bill designates the General George C. Marshall House in Leesburg, Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System (NPS). (George Catlett Marshall, Jr. served as Army Chief of Staff during World War II, and later as Secretary of State, president of the American Red Cross, and Secretary of Defense.)

The bill designates the George C. Marshall International Center as the management entity for the affiliated area. The Department of the Interior must enter into an agreement with the center that delineates the roles and responsibilities for management of the affiliated area that are in accordance with policies and standards applicable to NPS. Further, Interior may provide technical assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with the center for the purpose of providing financial assistance for the marketing, marking, interpretation, and preservation of the affiliated area.

Interior must complete a management plan for the affiliated area within three years of funds being made available to carry out this bill.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 418.

  2. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3572)

  4. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1352.

  5. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3572-3573)

  6. House

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  7. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500.

  8. House

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-580.

  9. House

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

  10. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  11. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  12. Introduced in House