Congress names two historic sites to preserve refugee and war history.
S. 3490 — National Historical Park and National Historic Landmark Establishment and Boundary Adjustments Act of 2025 · Filed by Josh Hawley (R-MO) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Dec 16, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill creates a national park at Fort Ontario in New York. It honors 982 refugees from World War II who lived there from 1944 to 1946. The bill also names America's National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri as a landmark. The park will open once enough land is bought or given.
Who it affects
Schools and kids will learn about refugees and war at new sites. The Churchill Museum owner keeps full control of the land. The bill costs no money and takes away no rights.
One thing to notice
The Fort Ontario park can only be built if enough land is acquired. The Churchill Museum gets a title that does not give the state control.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Dec 16, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Dec 16, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- national park — A place the state protects and runs to teach people about important events.
- landmark — A building or place the state names as important, but the owner keeps it.
- refugee — A person who fled danger during World War II to find safety.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (7,092 characters) on Jul 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,358 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-19.
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