I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 512 
To establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National 
Museum of the American Latino to develop a plan of action for the 
establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of the American 
Latino in Washington, DC, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2007 
Mr. BECERRA
(for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
HINOJOSA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 
TOWNS, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ 
of California, Mr. REYES, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. MOORE of 
Kansas, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Mr. BACA, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
CROWLEY, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. UDALL 
of New Mexico, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FILNER, Mr. HONDA, 
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. JACKSON-LEE 
of Texas, Mr. CLAY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ- 
BALART of Florida, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. FORTUN˜O, 
Mr. RENZI, Mr. WELLER of Illinois, and Mr. LAHOOD) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation 
of the National Museum of the American Latino to de-
velop a plan of action for the establishment and mainte-
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nance of a National Museum of the American Latino 
in Washington, DC, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commission to Study 
the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the 
American Latino Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Commis-
sion to Study the Potential Creation of a National Mu-
seum of the American Latino (hereafter in this Act re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall consist of 
23 members appointed not later than 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act as follows: 
(1) The President shall appoint 7 voting mem-
bers. 
(2) The Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, the minority leader of the House of Represent-
atives, the majority leader of the Senate, and the mi-
nority leader of the Senate shall each appoint 3 vot-
ing members. 
(3) In addition to the members appointed under 
paragraph (2), the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the minority leader of the House of 
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