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National Museum of Play Recognition Act

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Introduced:
Jan 7, 2025
Policy Area:
Arts, Culture, Religion

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3
Actions
1
Cosponsors
1
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3
Subjects
1
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Jan 7, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Jan 7, 2025 00
<p><strong>National Museum of Play Recognition Act</strong></p><p>This bill designates the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New York, as the National Museum of Play.</p>

Actions (3)

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Jan 7, 2025

Subjects (3)

Arts, Culture, Religion (Policy Area) Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers New York State

Cosponsors (1)

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in House

Jan 7, 2025

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Length: 1,746 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Jan 7, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 6:25 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 235 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 235

To recognize the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New
York.

_______________________________________________________________________

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

_______________________________________________________________________

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.

This Act may be cited as the ``National Museum of Play Recognition
Act''.
SEC. 2.

(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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