H.R. 1945

America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act

Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act

This bill designates the America’s National Churchill Museum, including the Winston Churchill Memorial, located at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, as the America’s National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark. (Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave a speech titled The Sinews of Peace, also widely known as the Iron Curtain Speech, at the college in 1946.)

The bill permits the Department of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with public and private entities for the purposes of protecting historic resources at the landmark and providing educational and interpretive facilities for the public. Interior may provide technical and financial assistance to partner entities. 

The bill also directs Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the national significance of the landmark and to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System. The study must consider alternatives to that designation for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the landmark, and must include cost estimates associated with identified alternatives.

Text of the bill

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Sec. 2. Definitions Since introduced

In this Act:

(1) City. The term City means the city of Fulton, Missouri.

(2) College. The term College means Westminster College, located at 501 Westminster Avenue in the City.

(3) Landmark. The term Landmark means the America’s National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark designated by section 3(a).

(4) Secretary. The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.

(5) State. The term State means the State of Missouri.