# 115-hr-5056: Confederate Commemorative Works Inventory and Joint Resource Study Act

115-hr-5056, Confederate Commemorative Works Inventory and Joint Resource Study Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5056
- Congress: 115
- Title: Confederate Commemorative Works Inventory and Joint Resource Study Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Introduced: 2018-02-15
- Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 17
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Confederate Commemorative Works Inventory and Joint Resource Study Act This bill directs the Departments of the Interior, Defense, and Veterans Affairs to each conduct a full inventory of specified Confederate commemorative works, including flags and other symbols or signage, on the public lands under their jurisdiction. Using such inventories, the National Park Service shall conduct a special resource study to examine the works commemorating and interpreting the Civil War and commemorating, with respect to such war, the soldiers, people on the home front and battle lines, and related locations in the United States from 1861-1865. Among contents required to be identified by the study are historical assessments of each work, the suitability and feasibility of retaining works, identification of properties that could meet the criteria for designation as national historic sites, and an evaluation of historical research.

## Cosponsors (17)

- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2018-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2018-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6239: DISCLOSE Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act
- 115-hr-6033: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5087: Assault Weapons Ban of 2018
- 115-hr-4253: American Promise Act of 2017

## Sources
- [115-hr-5056 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5056)

## Related
- [115-hr-6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6545)
- [115-hr-6239: DISCLOSE Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6239)
- [115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6135)
- [115-hr-6033: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6033)
- [115-hr-5087: Assault Weapons Ban of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5087)
- [115-hr-4253: American Promise Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4253)
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