CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Jared Golden (D-ME)

To designate the Maine Forest and Logging Museum, located in Bradley, Maine, as the National Museum of Forestry and Logging History.

H.R. 2258 · House bill Public Lands and Natural Resources

A Democratic bill with no cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill proposes to designate the Maine Forest and Logging Museum in Bradley, Maine, as the National Museum of Forestry and Logging History. It ensures that any federal law, map, regulation, document, or record referring to the museum will now use this new national designation.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Would people in rural areas be better off under this?

    The bill directly benefits a rural Maine community by providing national recognition to its local museum.

  • Scored +2

    Would farmers be better off under this?

    The bill recognizes the history of forestry and logging, which is closely tied to the agricultural and land-management sector.

  • Scored +2

    Does this invest in rural communities?

    National designation of a local museum may increase tourism and visibility for the rural community of Bradley, Maine.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.