The National Women’s His­tory Museum bill passed out of the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives  The NWHM bill was attached to other leg­is­la­tion sup­ported by Com­mit­tee Chair­man John Mica (R-FL) and re-introduced as H.R. 2844, the National Women’s His­tory Museum and Fed­eral Facil­i­ties Con­sol­i­da­tion and Effi­ciency Act of 2011. Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Car­olyn Mal­oney (D-NY) is a cospon­sor of the bill.

The leg­isla­tive lan­guage in the new bill revises and fur­ther clar­i­fies the bound­aries of the site that NWHM will be allowed to pur­chase at 12^th Street and Inde­pen­dence Avenue, SW., adja­cent to the National Mall. This change elim­i­nates any ques­tions as to Con­gres­sional intent and will be help­ful in site nego­ti­a­tions with the Gen­eral Ser­vices Admin­is­tra­tion (GSA), the nation’s land­lord. Con­tact Sen­a­tors to sup­port the bill. Here is a handy link to write to our Geor­gia Sen­a­tors. http://www.nwhm.org/get-involved/promote/senator-letter/