Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site Act
Public Law 108-192 · H.R. 1012 · 108th Congress · began in the House
Signed by George W. Bush (R) on Dec 19, 2003 · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsor: Rep. Eleanor Norton (D-DC)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish as a unit of the National Park System the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site in the District of Columbia.
Authorizes the Secretary to acquire any of the three properties immediately north of the Carter G.Woodson Home located at 1540, 1542, and 1544 Ninth Street, Northwest, for addition to the historic site.
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into: (1) cooperative agreements with public or private entities to provide public interpretation and education of African-American heritage in the Shaw area of the District; (2) an agreement with such entities to restore and rehabilitate, under specified conditions, the Carter G. Woodson home and properties within the site's boundary; and (3) an agreement with The Association for the Study of African-American Life and History that allows the Association to use a portion of the historic site for its own administrative purposes.
Authorizes appropriations.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Related bills
The record lists no related bills.
Data notes
Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 24 actions.
- Dec 19, 2003Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 108-192.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 12, 2003FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Dec 8, 2003Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Renzi asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment.
- OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
- Nov 25, 2003FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 24, 2003FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Aug 26, 2003CalendarCalendar · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 262.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/29/03 legislative day 07/21/03 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-138.
- Jul 23, 2003CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 21, 2003CommitteeCommittee · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- May 15, 2003CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate.
- May 14, 2003FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes debate on H.R. 1012.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Radanovich moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Mar 17, 2003CommitteeCommittee · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
- Feb 27, 2003CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
- CommitteeCommittee · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E321)
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
Data notes
Every action the Library of Congress lists for the bill, from introduction to signing, plus the dated committee hearings. The source lists many steps twice (the chamber’s own entry and the Library of Congress copy, or a presidential and a became-law entry with the same words); those are shown once. Amendments are listed in their own section.
Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
Data notes
Amendments offered to this bill in either chamber, as the Library of Congress records them: each with a status read from its last recorded step: agreed to, rejected, withdrawn, ruled out of order, fell with another amendment, or offered with no vote recorded (most Senate amendments are only ever offered). The wording of each amendment is the source’s. Amendments to amendments and amendments to other bills are not listed.
Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.