HR 1945 — 119th Congress

America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act

Introduced Mar 6, 2025 Open for voting
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National Historic Landmark Designation for Churchill Museum

Officially designates America's National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri, as a National Historic Landmark. The designation does not restrict property owners or change how the museum is administered by the state, city, or college.

  • Population Scope Low The designation directly affects a single museum, one college, and one city in Missouri — a narrow, localized set of entities.
  • Budgetary Magnitude Low No funds are authorized or appropriated; cooperative agreements and technical assistance are discretionary and unquantified.
  • Legal / Regulatory Depth Low The designation is a discrete administrative classification of a single site, with explicit carve-outs preserving existing property rights and administration — it creates no new statutory mandate, prohibition, or enforceable entitlement across a regulated population.
  • Degree of Discretion Granted Medium The Secretary of the Interior (DOI) receives permissive ('may') authority to enter cooperative agreements and provide technical and financial assistance, granting meaningful but bounded discretion with no rulemaking delegation.
  • Implementation & Enforcement Burden Low No enforcement mechanisms, penalties, or compliance obligations are created; the designation imposes no affirmative duties on any party.
  • Temporal Commitment High The National Historic Landmark designation is permanent with no expiration or reauthorization requirement, persisting indefinitely until Congress acts to repeal it.
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Summary

This bill gives America's National Churchill Museum at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, the official status of a National Historic Landmark. It also directs the Secretary of the Interior (DOI) to study whether the museum should become a unit of the National Park System and to report findings to Congress within three years of receiving funding for the study.

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Core Policy Mechanism Top 1

National Historic Landmark Designation for Churchill Museum

Officially designates America's National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri, as a National Historic Landmark. The designation does not restrict property owners or change how the museum is administered by the state, city, or college.

  • Population Scope Low The designation directly affects a single museum, one college, and one city in Missouri — a narrow, localized set of entities.
  • Budgetary Magnitude Low No funds are authorized or appropriated; cooperative agreements and technical assistance are discretionary and unquantified.
  • Legal / Regulatory Depth Low The designation is a discrete administrative classification of a single site, with explicit carve-outs preserving existing property rights and administration — it creates no new statutory mandate, prohibition, or enforceable entitlement across a regulated population.
  • Degree of Discretion Granted Medium The Secretary of the Interior (DOI) receives permissive ('may') authority to enter cooperative agreements and provide technical and financial assistance, granting meaningful but bounded discretion with no rulemaking delegation.
  • Implementation & Enforcement Burden Low No enforcement mechanisms, penalties, or compliance obligations are created; the designation imposes no affirmative duties on any party.
  • Temporal Commitment High The National Historic Landmark designation is permanent with no expiration or reauthorization requirement, persisting indefinitely until Congress acts to repeal it.
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National Historic Landmark Designation for Churchill Museum