World War II Women's Memorial Location Act passed the House 260 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
IntroducedMar 24, 2025
ReportedJul 23, 2025
Passed one chamberDec 9, 2025
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 80 words.
World War II Women's Memorial Location Act This bill allows the commemorative work for women who worked on the home front during World War II to be located in either (1) the Reserve, an area that generally extends from the United States Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial; or (2) the area just outside the Reserve, known as Area I. (This map shows the Reserve in red and Area I in yellow.)
Context
- Committees
- House Natural Resources Committee
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources: 136 of 3,779 bills became law, 113th–118th (3.6%)
- Sponsor
- 3 of 215 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 131 words
- Subjects
- District of ColumbiaMonuments and memorialsU.S. history
- Latest action
- Dec 10, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th S. 1088 World War II Women's Memorial Location Act D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]