I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1329 
To permit the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum to be located 
within the Reserve of the National Mall, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2025 
Ms. MALLIOTAKIS (for herself, Ms. CHU, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mrs. DINGELL, 
Mr. LALOTA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. FRY, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. MILLER 
of West Virginia, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. GIMENEZ, Ms. SA-
LINAS, Mr. LAWLER, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mr. ISSA, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, 
Mr. STAUBER, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. BACON, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. TONY GONZALES of 
Texas, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, 
Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. BARR, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. 
FLEISCHMANN, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Ms. BYNUM, 
Mrs. KIM, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Mr. LIEU, Ms. JACOBS, Mrs. SYKES, Mr. 
RULLI, Ms. LEE of Nevada, Mr. AMODEI of Nevada, Ms. MCCLELLAN, 
Mr. LANGWORTHY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. TENNEY, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 
JAMES, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. 
VARGAS, Mr. CAREY, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. 
VAN DREW, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. NADLER, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. OWENS, 
Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. MAST, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. ROUZER, Ms. 
MENG, Mr. CORREA, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. BENTZ, Mrs. 
MCBATH, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. TOKUDA, and Ms. RIVAS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 permit the Smithsonian American Women’s History Mu-
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seum to be located within the Reserve of the National 
Mall, 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 ‘‘Smithsonian American 
Women’s History Museum Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SITE OF SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN WOMEN’S HIS-
TORY MUSEUM. 
(a) AUTHORIZING SITE WITHIN RESERVE OF NA-
TIONAL MALL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law or regulation, including section 
8908(c) of title 40, United States Code, the Smith-
sonian American Women’s History Museum may be 
located within the Reserve (as defined in section 
8902(a) of title 40, United States Code). 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
107(d) of division T of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80t–5(d)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘, except that’’ and all that follows and in-
serting a period. 
(b) USE OF SITE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF AN-
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY.—Section 107(b) of division T 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 
80t–5(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(b) SITE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF ANOTHER 
FEDERAL AGENCY.— 
‘‘(1) NOTIFICATION TO OTHER AGENCY OR EN-
TITY.—The Board of Regents shall not designate a 
site for the Museum that is under the administrative 
jurisdiction of another Federal agency or entity 
without first notifying the head of the Federal agen-
cy or entity. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION
TO
COMMITTEES.—Once 
notified under paragraph (1), the head of the Fed-
eral agency or entity shall promptly submit written 
notification to the Chair and ranking minority mem-
bers of the Committee on Rules and Administration, 
the Committee on Appropriations, and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate, and the Committee on House Administration, 
the Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives, stating that the Federal agency or entity was 
notified by the Board of Regents that a site under 
its jurisdiction was designated and that a transfer 
will be initiated as soon as practicable. 
‘‘(3) TRANSFER.—As soon as practicable after 
the date on which the individuals described in para-
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graph (2) receive the written notification described 
in such subparagraph, the head of the Federal agen-
cy or entity shall transfer to the Smithsonian Insti-
tution its administrative jurisdiction over the land or 
structure that has been designated as the site for 
the Museum.’’. 
(c) ENSURING DIVERSITY
OF POLITICAL VIEW-
POINTS
AND
AUTHENTIC
EXPERIENCES.—Section 
104(b)(4) of division T of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80t–2(b)(4)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(4) ENSURING DIVERSITY OF POLITICAL VIEW-
POINTS AND AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall en-
sure that the exhibits and programs of the Mu-
seum accurately and comprehensively represent 
the varied cultures, histories, events, and values 
held by women in the United States. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS.—In car-
rying out its duties, the Council shall ensure 
that it seeks and utilizes to its maximum ability 
guidance from a broad array of knowledgeable 
and respected sources reflecting the diversity of 
the political viewpoints and authentic experi-
ences held by women in the United States, and 
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shall seek such guidance for both the creation 
and substantial revision of exhibits and pro-
grams. 
‘‘(C) 
DEFINITIONS.—In 
this 
subpara-
graph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘broad array’ means a 
range of experts and publications that rep-
resent the broad spectrum of communities 
of women, to include varied viewpoints, po-
litical ideologies, cultures, and lived experi-
ences in the United States; and 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘knowledgeable and re-
spected source’ means an individual who 
has gained through education, publication, 
or witnessing an important or historical 
event, the ability to advise on at least one 
unique viewpoint or experience of a par-
ticular community of women in the United 
States, and whose knowledge has been re-
lied upon by a notable segment of that 
community for education, heritage preser-
vation, or historical purposes, and includes 
the work of such an individual which re-
flects such ability and knowledge.’’. 
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(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 
2 years thereafter, the Secretary of the Smithsonian shall 
submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate, the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate, a report on actions taken 
by the Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s 
History Museum and the Council of the Museum to com-
ply with the requirements of the amendments made by 
subsection (c), including a description of actions taken 
with respect to substantial revisions of current exhibits 
and programs as well the planning of future exhibits and 
programs. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect as if included 
in the enactment of title I of division T of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (20 U.S.C. 80t et seq.). 
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