House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
National Museum of Play Recognition Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2023
- Committee actionDec 6, 2023
- Passed HouseApr 10, 2024 · 385–31
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 11, 2024 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3250.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3250, National Museum of Play Recognition Act” on January 2, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 6, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 2, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59856
- CBO publication date
- January 2, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3250, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3250
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-437 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 2, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 2, 2024 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/437
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3250, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3250
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORELLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 80, May 11, 2023, Page H2312):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this legislation is public museums.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2023 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 235 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3250, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3250
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.