National Museum of Play Recognition Act

This bill designates the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New York, as the National Museum of Play.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3250 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3250

  To recognize the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New 
                                 York.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2023

 Mr. Morelle (for himself and Mr. Langworthy) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To recognize the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New 
                                 York.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Museum of Play Recognition 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PLAY IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

    (a) Congressional Recognition.--Congress--
            (1) recognizes that the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, 
        DBA Strong Museum, located in Rochester, New York, is the only 
        museum of its kind that exists for the exclusive purpose of 
        exploring the ways in which play encourages learning, 
        creativity, and discovery, and how it illuminates cultural 
        history; and
            (2) officially designates the Margaret Woodbury Strong 
        Museum as the National Museum of Play.
    (b) Effect of Recognition; Designation.--The National Museum of 
Play recognized in subsection (a) is not a unit of the National Park 
System and the designation under subsection (a) shall not be construed 
to require or permit Federal funds to be expended for any purpose 
related to the Museum.
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