Congress names two important sites to preserve wartime stories.
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 sets up a National Historical Park at Fort Ontario in New York. It honors 982 refugees who lived there from 1944 to 1946. The bill also names America's National Churchill Museum a National Historic Landmark. The park will open once the government buys enough land. The Churchill Museum gets an honor but the federal government cannot take over.
Who it affects
Students and teachers can learn about refugees and wartime at these sites. The owners keep full control of their land. The bill does not cost taxpayers money.
One thing to notice
The Fort Ontario park can only open if enough land is bought. The Churchill Museum gets an honor but the federal government cannot take 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 Historical Park — A federal site that protects and teaches about important past events and people.
- National Historic Landmark — An official honor for a building or place that played an important role in America.
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 16,928 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 2026-11-03.
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