I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6467 
To designate the Museum of the Blind People’s Movement in Baltimore, 
Maryland, as the ‘‘National Museum of the Blind People’s Movement’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2025 
Mr. MFUME (for himself, Ms. SIMON, Ms. ELFRETH, and Ms. NORTON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources 
A BILL 
To designate the Museum of the Blind People’s Movement 
in Baltimore, Maryland, as the ‘‘National Museum of 
the Blind People’s Movement’’. 
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 ‘‘National Museum of 
the Blind People’s Movement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE 
BLIND PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Equal treatment under the law and equal 
access to all the rights, privileges, and protections of 
the Constitution are core tenets of the philosophy of 
the United States of America. 
(2) Those noble and lofty ideals have not al-
ways been met throughout the course of this coun-
try’s shared national history and its movement to-
ward a more perfect Union. 
(3) People with disabilities have faced unique 
challenges pertaining to accessibility and civil rights. 
(4) Blind individuals have experienced systemic 
discrimination and low expectations but, despite 
these barriers, have historically made significant 
contributions to society which have often gone 
underrecognized. 
(5) Blind people self-organized on a national 
basis in 1940 to establish the National Federation 
of the Blind which has served as a vehicle for collec-
tive action by the blind themselves to raise expecta-
tions in society. 
(6) The National Federation of the Blind has 
served as the model and inspiration for the develop-
ment of blind-led organizations the world over and 
sparked the creation of the International Federation 
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of the Blind which later became part of the World 
Blind Union. 
(7) Throughout the course of its eight-decade 
crusade to ensure the full integration of the blind 
into society on the basis of equality, the National 
Federation of the Blind has acquired innumerable 
artifacts, documents, and literature detailing the in-
dividual and collective accomplishments and strug-
gles of blind people and how those individuals have 
contributed to the broader American society. 
(8) The United States has no cultural institu-
tion that centers the experience of blind people and 
elevates the understanding of how those individuals 
have worked together to improve society and to 
change the negative misconceptions about the blind 
in the Nation and around the world. 
(9) The National Federation of the Blind has 
chosen to commit to the collection, preservation, and 
curation of this history through the Museum of the 
Blind People’s Movement located inside the National 
Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute in Balti-
more, Maryland. 
(10) This will be the first museum owned and 
operated by the blind of America. 
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(11) The museum, as well as the existing ar-
chive which is currently available to researchers, will 
serve as a national platform to explore the struggles 
and successes of the blind as individuals, as collec-
tives, and as a movement, and to encourage under-
standing of the past, and facilitate awareness and 
evoke dialogue in the present, while inspiring re-
spect, determination, and action for an equitable fu-
ture. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—The museum known as the Mu-
seum of the Blind People’s Movement, located at 200 East 
Wells Street in Baltimore, Maryland, is designated as the 
‘‘National Museum of the Blind People’s Movement’’. 
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