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S. 1516119th CongressPublic Lands and Natural Resources
Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture Study Act
Sponsored by Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) · 1 active : 1 Democrat
Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 478.
Where it standsBefore the Senate11 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govCahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture Study Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of an area made up of (1) Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville, IL; (2) the Emerald Mounds in St. Clair County, Illinois; and (3) the Pulcher Mounds in Monroe and St. Clair Counties, Illinois. (The National Park Service uses special resource studies when determining whether to designate sites as National Historical Sites.)
The study must
evaluate the national significance of the study area;
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determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System;
consider other alternatives for preservation, protection, and interpretation of the study area by other governmental entities or nonprofit organizations; and
identify cost estimates for any federal acquisition, development, interpretation, operation, and maintenance associated with such alternatives.
Interior must report on the results of the study and make recommendations to specified congressional committees.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Government studies and investigations
- Historic sites and heritage areas
- Illinois
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 11Swing 70–100
- 68Middle 30–70
- 21Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
