Bill Details
HR.235 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-07 - Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced Date
2025-01-07
Policy Area
Arts, Culture, Religion
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This bill gives formal congressional recognition to the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New York, and says it will be known as the National Museum of Play. The bill describes the museum as a one-of-a-kind place focused on how play supports learning, creativity, discovery, and understanding of cultural history. It is mainly a symbolic recognition bill, not one that creates a new federal program or gives the museum new government powers.
- The museum is officially recognized for its work in studying and showing the importance of play.
- The bill says the museum is not part of the National Park System.
- It also makes clear that the designation does not require or allow federal money to be spent on the museum because of this law.
Official Summaries
National Museum of Play Recognition Act
This bill designates the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New York, as the National Museum of Play.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 235 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 235
To recognize the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New
York.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 7, 2025
Mr. Morelle (for himself and Mr. Langworthy) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To recognize the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New
York.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Museum of Play Recognition
Act''.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PLAY IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.
(a) Congressional Recognition.--Congress--
(1) recognizes that the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum,
DBA Strong Museum, located in Rochester, New York, is the only
museum of its kind that exists for the exclusive purpose of
exploring the ways in which play encourages learning,
creativity, and discovery, and how it illuminates cultural
history; and
(2) officially designates the Margaret Woodbury Strong
Museum as the National Museum of Play.
(b) Effect of Recognition; Designation.--The National Museum of
Play recognized in subsection (a) is not a unit of the National Park
System and the designation under subsection (a) shall not be construed
to require or permit Federal funds to be expended for any purpose
related to the Museum.
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