New bill would green-light construction of two museums honoring contributions of women and Latino Americans

August 7, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

Congressmember Malliotakis pictured with Dr. Elizabeth Babcock, Director of the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum, New York State Assembly Majority Leader & Museum Advisory Board Member Crystal Peoples-Stokes, Vivian Riefberg, actress Lynda Carter and Jane Abraham (co-chair) who are members of the Museum's Advisory Council. Photo courtesy of Malliotakis’ office

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CAPITOL HILL — CONGRESSMEMBER NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS (R-11) introduced a bipartisan bill that would enable the construction of a long-awaited Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum and National Museum of the American Latino on the National Mall. Malliotakis on Wednesday, Aug. 7, joined Democratic Congressmembers Judy Chu and Tony Cárdenas, both of California, and Jenniffer González-Colón (Puerto Rico) in introducing H.R.9274, the Smithsonian History of American Women and Latino (SHAWL) Act. They are following up on the Congressional authorization to create the two new museums with overwhelming bipartisan support. This legislation builds on that effort by allowing the transfer of land from the National Park Service to the Smithsonian so construction can move forward near the Tidal Basin on the National Mall.

Last month, Malliotakis, whose mother immigrated from Cuba, and Chu hosted a bipartisan breakfast in the Capitol with the original Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, and members of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Advisory Council to garner support for the legislation.

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