{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-1945","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":1945,"title":"America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-03-06","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"O000177","fullName":"Rep. Onder, Robert [R-MO-3]","party":"R","state":"MO","district":3}],"cosponsorsCount":3,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-03-04","text":"Received in the Senate."},"policyArea":"Public Lands and Natural Resources","subjects":["Congressional oversight","Government studies and investigations","Historic sites and heritage areas","Missouri","Monuments and memorials","World history"],"actions":[{"date":"2026-03-04","text":"Received in the Senate.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-03","text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-03","text":"On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2356)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-03","text":"Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2356)","type":"Floor","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-03","text":"DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1945.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-03","text":"Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2356-2357)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-03","text":"Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-24","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 442.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-24","text":"Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-517.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-24","text":"Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-517.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-02-11","text":"Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-16","text":"Subcommittee Hearings Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-09","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-06","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-06","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-06","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act</strong></p><p>This bill designates the America’s National Churchill Museum, including the Winston Churchill Memorial, located at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, as the America’s National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark. (Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave a speech titled <em>The Sinews of Peace</em>, also widely known as the Iron Curtain Speech, at the college in 1946.)</p><p>The bill permits the Department of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with public and private entities for the purposes of protecting historic resources at the landmark and providing educational and interpretive facilities for the public. Interior may provide technical and financial assistance to partner entities.&nbsp;</p><p>The bill also directs Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the national significance of the landmark and to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System. The study must consider alternatives to that designation for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the landmark, and must include cost estimates associated with identified alternatives.</p>","updateDate":"2026-04-07T20:29:55Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":538,"ts":"2026-04-15T07:58:27.764Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=America's%20National%20Churchill%20Museum%20National%20Historic%20Landma"}]}}