# 117-hr-7912: Evaluating Lynching Locations (ELL) for National Park Sites Act

117-hr-7912, Evaluating Lynching Locations (ELL) for National Park Sites Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN); status Subcommittee Hearings Held. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7912
- Congress: 117
- Title: Evaluating Lynching Locations (ELL) for National Park Sites Act
- Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Introduced: 2022-05-31
- Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN)
- Cosponsors: 20
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Evaluating Lynching Locations (ELL) for National Park Sites Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites within approximately 100 miles of Memphis, Tennessee, at which lynchings took place. In conducting the special resource study, Interior shall (1) evaluate the national significance of such study area, and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System.

## Cosponsors (20)

- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2022-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2022-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2022-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17] (D-NY), 2022-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-7912 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7912)

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