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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1303
To permit the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum to be located
within the Reserve of the National Mall, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL3, 2025
Ms. K
LOBUCHAR(for herself, Ms. LUMMIS, Ms. CORTEZMASTO, and Mr.
P
ADILLA) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Rules and Administration
A BILL
To permit the Smithsonian American Women’s History Mu-
seum to be located within the Reserve of the National
Mall, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smithsonian American 4
Women’s History Museum Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. SITE OF SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN WOMEN’S HIS-6
TORY MUSEUM. 7
(a) A
UTHORIZINGSITEWITHINRESERVE OFNA-8
TIONALMALL.— 9
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 1
provision of law or regulation, including section 2
8908(c) of title 40, United States Code, the Smith-3
sonian American Women’s History Museum may be 4
located within the Reserve (as defined in section 5
8902(a) of title 40, United States Code). 6
(2) C
ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Section 7
107(d) of division T of the Consolidated Appropria-8
tions Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80t–5(d)) is amended by 9
striking ‘‘, except that’’ and all that follows and in-10
serting a period. 11
(b) U
SE OFSITEUNDER THEJURISDICTION OFAN-12
OTHERFEDERALAGENCY.—Section 107(b) of division T 13
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 14
80t–5(b) is amended to read as follows: 15
‘‘(b) S
ITEUNDER THEJURISDICTION OFANOTHER 16
F
EDERALAGENCY.— 17
‘‘(1) N
OTIFICATION TO OTHER AGENCY OR EN -18
TITY.—The Board of Regents shall not designate a 19
site for the Museum that is under the administrative 20
jurisdiction of another Federal agency or entity 21
without first notifying the head of the Federal agen-22
cy or entity. 23
‘‘(2) N
OTIFICATION TO COMMITTEES .—Once 24
notified under paragraph (1), the head of the Fed-25
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eral agency or entity shall promptly submit written 1
notification to the Chair and ranking minority mem-2
bers of the Committee on Rules and Administration, 3
the Committee on Appropriations, and the Com-4
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-5
ate, and the Committee on House Administration, 6
the Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee 7
on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Com-8
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent-9
atives, stating that the Federal agency or entity was 10
notified by the Board of Regents that a site under 11
its jurisdiction was designated and that a transfer 12
will be initiated as soon as practicable. 13
‘‘(3) T
RANSFER.—As soon as practicable after 14
the date on which the individuals described in para-15
graph (2) receive the written notification described 16
in such subparagraph, the head of the Federal agen-17
cy or entity shall transfer to the Smithsonian Insti-18
tution its administrative jurisdiction over the land or 19
structure that has been designated as the site for 20
the Museum.’’. 21
(c) E
NSURINGDIVERSITY OF POLITICALVIEW-22
POINTS AND AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCES.—Section 23
104(b)(4) of division T of the Consolidated Appropriations 24
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Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80t–2(b)(4) is amended to read as 1
follows: 2
‘‘(4) E
NSURING DIVERSITY OF POLITICAL VIEW -3
POINTS AND AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCES .— 4
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—The Council shall en-5
sure that the exhibits and programs of the Mu-6
seum accurately and comprehensively represent 7
the varied cultures, histories, events, and values 8
held by women in the United States. 9
‘‘(B) S
PECIFIC REQUIREMENTS .—In car-10
rying out its duties, the Council shall ensure 11
that it seeks and utilizes to its maximum ability 12
guidance from a broad array of knowledgeable 13
and respected sources reflecting the diversity of 14
the political viewpoints and authentic experi-15
ences held by women in the United States, and 16
shall seek such guidance for both the creation 17
and substantial revision of exhibits and pro-18
grams. 19
‘‘(C) D
EFINITIONS.—In this subpara-20
graph— 21
‘‘(i) the term ‘broad array’ means a 22
range of experts and publications that rep-23
resent the broad spectrum of communities 24
of women, to include varied viewpoints, po-25
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litical ideologies, cultures, and lived experi-1
ences in the United States; and 2
‘‘(ii) the term ‘knowledgeable and re-3
spected source’ means an individual who 4
has gained through education, publication, 5
or witnessing an important or historical 6
event, the ability to advise on at least one 7
unique viewpoint or experience of a par-8
ticular community of women in the United 9
States, and whose knowledge has been re-10
lied upon by a notable segment of that 11
community for education, heritage preser-12
vation, or historical purposes, and includes 13
the work of such an individual which re-14
flects such ability and knowledge.’’. 15
(d) R
EPORTS TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 120 16
days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 17
2 years thereafter, the Secretary of the Smithsonian shall 18
submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 19
House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and 20
Natural Resources of the Senate, the Committee on House 21
Administration of the House of Representatives, the Com-22
mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the 23
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 24
House of Representatives, the Committee on Appropria-25
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tions of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 1
on Appropriations of the Senate, a report on actions taken 2
by the Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s 3
History Museum and the Council of the Museum to com-4
ply with the requirements of the amendments made by 5
subsection (c), including a description of actions taken 6
with respect to substantial revisions of current exhibits 7
and programs as well the planning of future exhibits and 8
programs. 9
(e) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—This section and the amend-10
ments made by this section shall take effect as if included 11
in the enactment of title I of division T of the Consolidated 12
Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80t et seq.). 13
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