H.R. 1329

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 1329 Reported in House (RH)]

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Union Calendar No. 538
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1329

[Report No. 119-621, Part I]

To permit the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum to be located 
within the Reserve of the National Mall, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 13, 2025

Ms. Malliotakis (for herself, Ms. Chu, Ms. De La Cruz, Mrs. Dingell, 
Mr. LaLota, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Fry, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Miller of West 
Virginia, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Gimenez, Ms. Salinas, Mr. 
Lawler, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Issa, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Stauber, Ms. 
Sanchez, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. 
Moolenaar, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Doggett, Mr. 
Moylan, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Radewagen, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Barr, 
Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, 
Mr. Newhouse, Ms. Bynum, Mrs. Kim, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Jacobs, 
Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Rulli, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Ms. 
McClellan, Mr. Langworthy, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Pingree, Mr. 
James, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. 
Vargas, Mr. Carey, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Van 
Drew, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Owens, Mr. LaMalfa, 
Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Pfluger, 
Mr. Mast, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Rouzer, Ms. Meng, Mr. Correa, Ms. Clarke 
of New York, Mr. Bentz, Mrs. McBath, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Tokuda, and Ms. 
Rivas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

April 23, 2026

Additional sponsors: Mr. Amo, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Stansbury, 
Ms. Stevens, Mr. Moore of North Carolina, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
Shreve, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Baird, Mr. Thompson of 
Pennsylvania, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Alford, Mr. Ryan, Mr. 
Carbajal, Ms. King-Hinds, Mr. Tran, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. 
Kean, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Greene of 
Georgia, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. 
Wittman, Mr. Vindman, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
Jack, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Ms. Escobar, Ms. 
Houlahan, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Moore of 
Utah, Ms. Underwood, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Adams, 
Mr. Panetta, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Smucker, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. 
Turner of Ohio, Mr. Downing, Mr. Flood, Mrs. McClain, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. 
Peters, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Burchett, 
Mr. McCaul, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velazquez, 
Mr. McGuire, Ms. Scanlon, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. 
Moskowitz, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Pou, Ms. Balint, Ms. Titus, Mr. Simpson, 
Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Bera, Mr. Messmer, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. 
Begich, Ms. Friedman, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Carter of Georgia, 
Ms. Pressley, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Carson, Mr. Ogles, Ms. Williams of 
Georgia, Ms. Strickland, Ms. McBride, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Crow, 
Ms. Gillen, Mr. Landsman, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Van Epps, Ms. Randall, Mr. 
Mfume, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Barrett, Ms. Schrier, Mr. 
Ivey, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. 
Ross, Mr. Thanedar, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Ms. 
DeLauro, Mr. Takano, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. 
DesJarlais, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Bost, Ms. McDonald 
Rivet, Mr. LaHood, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Case, Mr. 
Soto, Mr. Crawford, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Luna, Mrs. Watson 
Coleman, Ms. Simon, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr. Hill of 
Arkansas, Mr. Min, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Casten, Mr. Wied, Mr. McCormick, 
Ms. Davids of Kansas, Ms. Morrison, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Hoyle of 
Oregon, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. 
Sessions, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Mr. Mannion, and Mr. 
Loudermilk

April 23, 2026

Deleted sponsor: Ms. Greene of Georgia (added April 2, 2025; deleted 
June 26, 2025)

April 23, 2026

Reported from the Committee on House Administration with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
in italic]

April 23, 2026

Committee on Natural Resources discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
February 13, 2025]

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A BILL

To permit the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum to be located 
within the Reserve of the National Mall, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Smithsonian American Women's History 
Museum Act''.

SEC. 2. SITE OF SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM.

(a) Authorizing Site Within Reserve of National Mall.--Section 
107(d) of division T of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 
U.S.C. 80t-5(d)) is amended by striking ``, except that'' and all that 
follows and inserting a period.
(b) Site Designation.--Section 107(a) of division T of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80t-5(a)) is amended 
to read as follows:
``(a) In General.--The site for the Museum is hereby designated as 
the South Monument site, located on the National Mall, bordered by 14th 
Street Southwest, Jefferson Drive Southwest, Raoul Wallenberg Place 
Southwest, and Independence Avenue Southwest, except that the President 
may designate an alternative site for the Museum within 180 days of the 
date of the enactment of this subsection.''.
(c) Use of Site.--
(1) Transfer.--Section 107(b) of division T of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80t-5(b)) is 
amended to read as follows:
``(b) Transfer of Site.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
the enactment of this subsection, the head of the Federal agency or 
entity shall transfer to the Smithsonian Institution its administrative 
jurisdiction over the land described in subsection (a).''.
(2) Building requirements.--Section 107(c) of division T of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80t-5(c)) 
is amended to read as follows:
``(c) Building.--
``(1) In general.--The Board of Regents, in consultation 
with the head of the Federal agency or entity and the council 
established under section 104 and with the approval of the 
Commission of Fine Arts, National Capital Planning Commission, 
the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission, and the head 
of the Federal agency or entity, may plan, design, and 
construct a building for the Museum, which shall be located at 
the site described in subsection (a).
``(2) Criteria.--In considering site and design proposals, 
the Commission of Fine Arts, the National Capital Planning 
Commission, the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission, 
and the head of the Federal agency or entity shall be guided 
by, but not limited to the following criteria:
``(A) The Museum shall be located so that to the 
maximum extent practicable, it protects the open space, 
existing public use, and cultural and natural 
resources.
``(B) The Museum shall be constructed of durable 
material suitable to the outdoor environment.
``(C) Landscape features of the Museum shall be 
compatible with the climate.
``(D) The National Capital Planning Commission and 
the Commission of Fine Arts may develop such criteria 
or guidelines specific to each site that are mutually 
agreed upon to ensure that the design of the Museum 
carries out the purposes of this section.''.
(3) Expenses.--Section 107 of division T of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80t-5) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Expenses.--The Smithsonian Institution shall reimburse within 
60 days any and all costs incurred by the head of the Federal agency or 
entity for implementation of any recommendations resulting from the 
approval process described in subsection (c).''.
(d) Museum Purpose.--Section 103 of division T of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80t-1) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
``(c) Scope of Mission.--
``(1) In general.--The Museum shall be dedicated to 
preserving, researching, and presenting the history, 
achievements, and lived experiences of biological women in the 
United States.
``(2) Prohibition.--The Museum may not identify, present, 
describe, or otherwise depict any biological male as a 
female.''.
(e) Ensuring Diversity of Political Viewpoints and Authentic 
Experiences.--Section 104(b)(4) of division T of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80t-2(b)(4)) is amended to read as 
follows:
``(4) Ensuring diversity of political viewpoints and 
authentic experiences.--
``(A) In general.--The Council shall ensure that 
the exhibits and programs of the Museum reflect, to the 
extent practicable, an equal representation of the 
diversity of the political viewpoints and authentic 
experiences held by women in the United States, 
accurately and comprehensively representing the varied 
cultures, histories, events, and values held by such 
women.
``(B) Specific requirements.--In carrying out its 
duties, the Council shall ensure that it seeks and 
utilizes to its maximum ability guidance from a broad 
array of knowledgeable and respected sources reflecting 
the diversity of the political viewpoints and authentic 
experiences held by women in the United States, and 
shall seek such guidance for both the creation and 
substantial revision of exhibits and programs.
``(C) Definitions.--In this paragraph--
``(i) the term `broad array' means a range 
of experts and publications that represent the 
broad spectrum of communities of women, to 
include varied viewpoints, political 
ideologies, cultures, and lived experiences in 
the United States; and
``(ii) the term `knowledgeable and 
respected source' means an individual who has 
gained through education, publication, or 
witnessing an important or historical event, 
the ability to advise on at least one unique 
viewpoint or experience of a particular 
community of women in the United States, and 
whose knowledge has been relied upon by a 
notable segment of that community for 
education, heritage preservation, or historical 
purposes, and includes the work of such an 
individual which reflects such ability and 
knowledge.''.
(f) Reports to Congress.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary 
of the Smithsonian shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate, the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a 
report on actions taken by the Director of the Smithsonian American 
Women's History Museum and the Council of the Museum to comply with the 
requirements of the amendments made by subsection (f), including a 
description of actions taken with respect to substantial revisions of 
current exhibits and programs as well the planning of future exhibits 
and programs.
(g) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of title I of 
division T of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80t 
et seq.).
Union Calendar No. 538

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 1329

[Report No. 119-621, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To permit the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum to be located 
within the Reserve of the National Mall, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

April 23, 2026

Reported from the Committee on House Administration with an amendment

April 23, 2026

Committee on Natural Resources discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed