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Development of the Legislation

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October 16, 1989 -- The Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Act was introduced as bill S. 1756 before the U.S. Senate by Senators George J. Mitchell and William S. Cohen of Maine.

February 20, 1990 -- Senator Mitchell supported the bill in the Senate.

March 28, 1990 -- Senators Mitchell and Cohen; John L. Martin, Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives; and James M. Ridenour, Director of the National Park Service, testified concerning S. 1756 at a hearing of the Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

May 23, 1990 -- The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources approved the bill.

June 7, 1990 -- The Senate Committee recommended that the Senate pass S. 1756 as amended. (Amendments are described in Senate Report 101-308.)

June 14, 1990 -- The bill was considered and passed by the Senate.

July 17, 1990 -- The Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs heard testimony concerning the bill by Congresswoman Olympia J. Snowe of Maine, John L. Martin, and James M. Ridenour.

September 13, 1990 -- The House Subcommittee held a mark-up hearing and approved the bill.

September 19, 1990 -- The House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs approved the bill.

September 24, 1990 -- The House Committee recommended that the House pass the bill as amended. (Amendments are described in House Report 101-742.)

September 27, 1990 -- The bill was considered and passed, with amendments in the House.

October 16, 1990 -- The Senate concurred in the House amendments, with amendments.

October 16, 1990 -- The House concurred in certain Senate amendments but disagreed with others.

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Some publications and events sponsored by the National Park Service as part of the implementation of the Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Act. Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes photograph by Nicholas Hawes, 2003.


October 23, 1990 -- The Senate receded from its amendments.

November 8, 1990 -- The Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Act was enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress as Public Law 101-543.

December 20, 1990 -- The President signed Public Law 101-543, the Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Act. (Due to the adjournment of the 101st Congress before the bill could be signed by the President, this public law was not published in the Congressional Record; reference to signing of the bill can be found in the Federal Register.)

  
Some publications and events sponsored by the National Park Service as part of the implementation of the Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Act. Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes photograph by Nicholas Hawes, 2003.
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