Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum Act
Latest action · Dec 10, 2014 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 630.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum Act - Establishes the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum.
Requires the Commission to: (1) report recommendations for a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Women's History Museum in Washington, D.C.; (2) develop a fundraising plan to support the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the Museum through public contributions; (3) obtain an independent review of such fundraising plan, including an analysis of the resources necessary to fund the construction of the Museum and its operations and maintenance in perpetuity without reliance on federal funds; and (4) submit a legislative plan of action to establish and construct the Museum.
Directs the Commission's recommendations to address issues including the impact of the Museum on regional women history-related museums, whether it should be part of the Smithsonian Institution, and the cost of constructing, operating, and maintaining the Museum and acquiring its collections.
Prohibits federal funds from being obligated to carry out this Act.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2013 to Nov 12, 2014; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 27, 2013 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Feb 27, 2013 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Feb 27, 2013 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Feb 27, 2013 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Feb 27, 2013 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Feb 27, 2013 |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Original | Feb 27, 2013 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Feb 27, 2013 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Feb 27, 2013 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Feb 27, 2013 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Jul 8, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Jul 15, 2013 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Jul 18, 2013 | |
| D-NC | Kay R. Hagan | Sep 9, 2013 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Sep 9, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2013Markup Nov 13, 2014Reported Dec 10, 2014 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Jul 31, 2013 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2014Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-290.
- Dec 10, 2014Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 630.
- Nov 13, 2014Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 31, 2013Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-93.
- Feb 27, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Feb 27, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S945)
- Feb 27, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S945-946)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6827 | Susan M. Collins R-ME | Dec 15, 2014 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S945Text printed S945 | Susan M. Collins R-ME (text) | Feb 27, 2013 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 2, 2014S. 398, Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 13, 2014
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 113-93 | MISCELLANEOUS PARKS BILLS79 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 31, 2013 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43856 | Contemporary Federal Museum Authorizations in the District of Columbia: Past Practices and Options for Congress Archived | Report | Jan 9, 2015 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 863 | Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum Act | Related bill | May 8, 2014 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Women's History Museum Commission Act of 2013
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2014Reported to Senate
- Feb 27, 2013Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
