House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
National Museum of Play Recognition Act
Official title: To recognize the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New York.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 7, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 235.
- 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. 171, No. 3, January 7, 2025, Page H63):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 235, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/235
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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.
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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.