The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2024
HR 6826 Signed into law

Sponsored by Kweisi Mfume (D)

To designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center.

Names the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry in Baltimore after former Senator Paul S. Sarbanes.

Tradeoff

Renames an existing visitor center and costs no new money. Any federal document referring to the old name is now read as the new name.

What's in it

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H.R. 6826, a bill to designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Centerwww.cbo.gov/publication/60859 · Oct 2024

The House passed this by on December 3, 2024. The Senate passed it by on December 17, 2024. It was signed into law.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Dec 14, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on Natural Resources(Dec 14, 2023)

  3. House

    The Committee on Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Sep 19, 2024)

    Committee report H. Rept. 118-738.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 3, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    Received(Dec 4, 2024)

  6. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 17, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  7. House

    Sent to the President

    (Dec 23, 2024)

  8. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Joe Biden (D)

  9. Enacted

    Became law(Dec 23, 2024)