America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act

The bill would designate America's National Churchill Museum, including the Winston Churchill Memorial, at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, as the "America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark." It would authorize the Secretary of the Interior, working with the state, city, and college, to enter cooperative agreements with public or private entities to protect historic resources and provide educational and interpretive programs at the landmark, including technical and financial assistance to partner entities. The bill would also require Interior to conduct a special resource study evaluating the landmark's national significance and the suitability and feasibility of making it a unit of the National Park System, including alternatives and cost estimates, with a report due to Congress within three years of funding. The designation would not affect the college's or other owners' property rights or the landmark's existing state, city, or college administration.

Westminster College, the city of Fulton and state of Missouri, the Department of the Interior, and any public or private entities that might partner with Interior to preserve or interpret the site. Visitors and students studying Churchill's history at the museum are also affected.

The designation and study could pave the way for federal recognition, funding, and possibly National Park System status for the site, potentially boosting preservation resources and tourism, while explicitly leaving current ownership and local administration unchanged.

The Secretary of the Interior would consult with Missouri, Fulton, and Westminster College before entering cooperative agreements with public or private partners to protect and interpret the landmark, potentially providing technical and financial assistance. Separately, Interior would conduct a special resource study following the standard process set out in 54 U.S.C. § 100507, consulting federal agencies, local governments, and private entities, and evaluating alternatives and costs, before reporting findings and recommendations to the relevant House and Senate committees within three years of receiving study funding.