S. 650 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Feb 20, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryChurchill Museum gets national landmark status
This bill designates America's National Churchill Museum at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri as a National Historic Landmark. It lets the Department of the Interior work with public and private partners to protect the site and provide educational exhibits, with Interior offering technical and financial help. The bill also requires Interior to study whether the museum should become part of the National Park System.
How it affects you
This is mainly a ceremonial and administrative designation. If you visit the museum or live nearby, you may eventually see improvements in how it's protected and presented to the public, depending on what happens after the Interior Department's study. Most Americans won't experience a direct change in their daily lives from this bill.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Feb 20, 2025)
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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 650
A BILL
America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act
Sponsor: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) · Introduced Feb 20, 2025 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Feb 20, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.”