US HB19 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 194-63-1)
Status: Introduced on March 30 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Federal Lands Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Smithsonian Women's History Museum Act This bill establishes a comprehensive women's history museum within the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, to provide for: (1) the collection, study, and establishment of programs related to women's contributions that have influenced the direction of the United States; (2) collaboration with other Smithsonian museums and facilities, outside museums, and educational institutions; and (3) the creation of exhibitions and programs that recognize diverse perspectives on women's history and contributions. The bill establishes a council within the Smithsonian Institution to: (1) make recommendations to the Smithsonian's Board of Regents for the construction of the museum; (2) advise and assist the board on the administration and preservation of the museum; (3) recommend annual operating budgets for the museum; and (4) report annually to the board on the acquisition, disposition, and display of objects related to women's art, history, and culture. The council shall have sole authority to: (1) acquire artifacts for the museum's collections, (2) dispose of any part of the collections but only if funds generated are used for additions to the collections, (3) specify criteria for the use of the museum's collections and resources, and (4) preserve and maintain the collections. The museum's director may carry out educational and liaison programs in support of its goals.

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Title

Smithsonian Women's History Museum Act

Sponsors

Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. David Trott [R-MI]Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]Rep. John Katko [R-NY]Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]
Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Mia Love [R-UT]Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]
Rep. John Faso [R-NY]Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]
Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]Rep. David Price [D-NC]Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]
Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]Rep. Don Young [R-AK]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]
Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]
Rep. Claudia Tenney [R-NY]Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]
Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]
Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]
Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]
Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]

History

DateChamberAction
2017-04-07HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2017-03-31HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
2017-03-30HouseReferred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
2017-03-30HouseReferred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
2017-03-30HouseReferred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
2017-03-30HouseReferred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
2017-03-30HouseSponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E417)
2017-03-30HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB1498 (Related) 2017-06-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3862)

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