LEGISLATION/H.R. 1945

America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act

119-HR-1945119th CongressIntroduced Mar 6, 2025Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Status
Introduced
Committee
Floor Vote
Other Chamber
Signed
Received in the Senate.

Sponsor

Rep. Onder, Robert [R-MO-3](R-MO-3)
3 cosponsors

Summary

America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act

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 The Sinews of Peace, also widely known as the Iron Curtain Speech, at the college in 1946.)

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. 

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.

Subjects

Congressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsHistoric sites and heritage areasMissouriMonuments and memorialsWorld history

Actions (18)

Received in the Senate.
Mar 4, 2026Senate
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 3, 2026House floor actions
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2356)
Mar 3, 2026House floor actions
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2356)
Mar 3, 2026Library of Congress
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1945.
Mar 3, 2026House floor actions
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2356-2357)
Mar 3, 2026House floor actions
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Mar 3, 2026House floor actions
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 442.
Feb 24, 2026House floor actions
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-517.
Feb 24, 2026House floor actions
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-517.
Feb 24, 2026Library of Congress
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Feb 11, 2026House committee actions
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Feb 11, 2026House committee actions
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
Feb 11, 2026House committee actions
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Jul 16, 2025House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jul 9, 2025House committee actions
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 6, 2025House floor actions
Introduced in House
Mar 6, 2025Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Mar 6, 2025Library of Congress