H.R. 759 (110th): To redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the “Bob Hope Memorial Library”.

Introduced:
Jan 31, 2007 (110th Congress, 2007–2009)
Sponsor:
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY17]
Status:
Died (Passed House)

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Status

This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on March 20, 2007 but was never passed by the Senate.

Progress
Introduced Jan 31, 2007
Referred to Committee Jan 31, 2007
Passed House Mar 20, 2007
Votes

House Vote on Passage
Mar 20, 2007 2:36 p.m.
Passed 420/1

Cosponsors
12 cosponsors (8D, 4R) (show)
Committees

House Natural Resources

Senate Energy and Natural Resources

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Last updated Apr 10, 2008.
4 pages

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3/20/2007--Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Redesignates the Ellis Island Library, on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the "Bob Hope Memorial Library."

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