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Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum Act - Establishes the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum.
Requires the Commission to: (1) report recommendations for a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Women's History Museum in Washington, D.C.; (2) develop a fundraising plan to support the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the Museum through public contributions; (3) obtain an independent review of such fundraising plan, including an analysis of the resources necessary to fund the construction of the Museum and its operations and maintenance in perpetuity without reliance on federal funds; and (4) submit a legislative plan of action to establish and construct the Museum.
Directs the Commission's recommendations to address issues including the impact of the Museum on regional women history-related museums, whether it should be part of the Smithsonian Institution, and the cost of constructing, operating, and maintaining the Museum and acquiring its collections.
Prohibits federal funds from being obligated to carry out this Act.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 863 as passed House amended on May 7, 2014. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House May 7, 2014
To establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum, and for other purposes
Passed · Two-thirds required
383 Yea 33 Nay 15 not voting
Crossed both parties 33 of 416 voting members broke with their own party: 33 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 863 and vote against it. 19 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 863 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
5 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.