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House Panel Advances Women’s Museum Bill After Transgender-Exhibit Ban Triggers Party-Line Split

A new provision giving the president authority over the site fractured a once bipartisan push.

Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol in November. Her proposal to block transgender exhibits at the fledgling Smithsonian women’s museum was approved by the House Administration Committee on Wednesday.
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Overview

  • The House Administration Committee approved the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum siting bill on a 7-4 party-line vote after Democrats withdrew support.
  • An amendment states the museum may not identify, present, describe, or otherwise depict any biological male as female and emphasizes honoring biological women.
  • The bill names the South Monument site on the National Mall but lets the president designate an alternative location within a set window.
  • Democrats denounced the substitute amendment as a poison pill and objected to design and control provisions as well as the transgender-exclusion language.
  • A bid to fold in authorization for the Museum of the American Latino site failed 4-7, while a separate measure to withhold lawmakers' pay during shutdowns advanced.