America's National Churchill Museum at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri — where Winston Churchill delivered his famous 1946 "Iron Curtain" speech — would be designated as a National Historic Landmark. The bill also directs the Interior Secretary to study whether the museum should become a unit of the National Park System. The college would retain ownership and control of the property regardless of the designation.
Congressional Summary
America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark ActThis 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.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-02-20
- Date Added
- 2026-04-16