House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
National Children’s Museum Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 12, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 27, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5937.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAREY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 167, October 12, 2023, Page H5008):Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 40, United States Code, to require the Administrator of General Services to enter into a cooperative agreement with the National Children's Museum to provide the National Children's Museum rental space without charge in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 380 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5937, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5937
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 21, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 21, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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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
16 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 16 cosponsors (88%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), André Carson (D-IN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), James McGovern (D-MA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), David Trone (D-MD), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.