A Bill To establish within the Smithsonian Institution the Smithsonian American Latino Museum, and for other purposes

Summary

• H. R. 1217: To establish within the Smithsonian Institution the Smithsonian American Latino Museum, and for other purposes. In the House of Representatives, March 15, 2013, Mr. Becerra, for himself and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Bill was introduced by Smithsonian Regent Xavier Becerra to establish a Latino museum at the Smithsonian Institution.

Subject

• Becerra, Xavier 1958-
• United States Congress House
• Smithsonian American Latino Museum
• United States Congress House Committee on House Administration
• United States Congress House Committee on Public Works and Transportation

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

• H.R. 1217, Smithsonian American Latino Museum Act
• Title 20, Education
• Public law

Contained within

113th Congress, Session 1, H.R. 1217

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

• 2013
• 3/15/2013

Topic

• Law
• New Museums
• Resolutions, Legislative
• Hispanic Americans
• Legislation

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

Bill

Physical description

Number of pages: 4; Page numbers: 1-4

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