H.R. 1945
America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act
Sponsor: Robert F. Onder, Jr.
3 cosponsors
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
(a) In general. The Secretary shall conduct a special resource study of the Landmark.
(b) Contents. In conducting the study under this section, the Secretary shall—
(1) evaluate the national significance of the Landmark;
(2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the Landmark as a unit of the National Park System;
(3)
(A) consider alternatives to that designation for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the Landmark by the Federal Government, the State, the City and other affected units of local government, or private and nonprofit organizations (including the College); and
(B) identify cost estimates for any Federal acquisition, development, interpretation, operation, and maintenance associated with the alternatives described in subparagraph (A); and
(4) consult with interested Federal agencies, the State, the City and other affected units of local government, private and nonprofit entities (including the College), and other interested individuals.
(c) Requirement. The Secretary shall conduct the study under this section in accordance with section 100507 of title 54, United States Code.
(d) Report. Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are first made available to carry out the study under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report that describes—
(1) the results of the study; and
(2) any conclusions and recommendations of the Secretary.