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H. Rept. 119-517 1 (2026-02-24)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaibo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-517 AMERICA'S NATIONAL CHURCHILL MUSEUM NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK ACT FEBRUARY 24, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 1945] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1945) to designate the America's National Churchill Mu- seum National Historic Landmark, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 1945 is to designate the America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark, and for other pur- poses. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION H.R. 1945 designates America's National Churchill Museum (Mu- seum) at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, as a National Historic Landmark. The Museum honors the life and legacy of Sir Winston Churchill and marks the site of his famous 1946 speech, The Sinews of Peace. 1 In that address, Churchill famously de- clared that an iron curtain has descended across the Continent, a moment widely regarded as pivotal to the early stages of the Cold War.2 One of the most influential leaders of the 20th Century, Win- ston Churchill twice served as Prime Minister of the United King- 1 The Sinews of Peace ('Iron Curtain Speech'), International Churchill Society, https:// winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1946-1963-elder-statesman/the-sinews-of-peace/. 2 Id. 69-006