About the bill
With the nation’s capital hosting an African American museum and American Indian museum, should a Latino museum come next?
Context
The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened in 2016. It was the sixth-most visited Smithsonian museum last year, behind only such decades-long mainstays as Air and Space, Natural History, American History — and ranking even higher than the National Zoo.
The National Museum of the American Indian also attracted 1.1 million visitors last year, after opening in 2004.
Yet there is no similar Latino museum, despite ...
Sponsor and status
Introduced on Apr 30, 2019
This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on April 30, 2019. It will typically be considered by committee next before it is possibly sent on to the House or Senate as a whole.
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H.R. 2420 is a bill in the United States Congress.
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