H.R. 1945 · 119th Congress · House

America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act

In Congress· Received in the Senate.
Introduced
Mar 6, 25
Passed House
Mar 3, 26
Passed Senate
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive 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.

Action Timeline

17
  1. MAR 04, 2026Senate

    Received in the Senate.

  2. MAR 03, 2026Library of Congress

    Passed/agreed to in House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2356)

  3. MAR 03, 2026House floor actions

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  4. MAR 03, 2026House floor actions

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2356)

  5. MAR 03, 2026Library of Congress

    Passed/agreed to in House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.

  6. MAR 03, 2026House floor actions

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1945.

  7. MAR 03, 2026House floor actions

    Considered under suspension of the rules

    (consideration: CR H2356-2357)

    2356Yea
    2357Nay
    0NV
  8. MAR 03, 2026House floor actions

    Mr

    Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  9. FEB 24, 2026House floor actions

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 442.

  10. FEB 24, 2026Library of Congress

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-517.

    119Yea
    517Nay
    0NV
  11. FEB 11, 2026House committee actions

    Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

  12. FEB 11, 2026House committee actions

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  13. FEB 11, 2026House committee actions

    Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged

  14. JUL 16, 2025House committee actions

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  15. JUL 09, 2025House committee actions

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

  16. MAR 06, 2025House floor actions

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  17. MAR 06, 2025Library of Congress

    Introduced in House

Committees

3

Natural Resources Committee

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Referred: Feb 24, 2026

Discharged: Feb 11, 2026

Discharged

Natural Resources Committee

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Referred: Feb 11, 2026

Discharged: Feb 11, 2026

Discharged

Natural Resources Committee

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Referred: Mar 6, 2025

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