Bipartisan Congressional Support for National Museum of the American People

In the 113th Congress, Rep. Jim Moran introduced legislation, H. Con. Res. 27, which called for a Presidential Commission to study establishment of the National Museum of the American People. It was supported by 48 bipartisan House members, including the leaders of 36 ethnic Congressional caucuses.

48 Congressional Cosponsors of HCR 27

Jim Moran, D-VA - Lead

John Duncan, R-TN

Tom Cole, R-OK

Jim Gerlach, R-PA

Tom Petri, R-WI

Frank Wolf, R-VA

Pat Tiberi, R-OH

Don Young, R-AK

Mike McIntyre, D-NC

Ron Kind, D-WI

Carolyn Maloney, D-NY

Gerald Connolly, D-VA

Daniel Lipinski, D-IL

Eni Faleomavaega , D-AS

Allyson Schwartz, D-PA

Steve Cohen, D-TN

Charles Rangel, D-NY

Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-DC

Robert Scott, D-VA

David Cicilline, D-RI

Tim Walz, D-MN

Tim Bishop, D-NY

Keith Ellison, D-MN

Nita Lowey, D-NY

Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, D-MP

Rush Holt, D-NJ

Marcy Kaptur, D-OH

Alcee Hastings, D-FL

Carolyn McCarthy, D-NY

Bill Pascrell, D-NJ

David Price, D-NC

Betty McCollum, D-MN

Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX

Yvette Clarke, D-NY

Pedro Pierluisi, D-PR

Eliot Engel, D-NY

Barbara Lee, D-CA

Donna Christensen, D-VI

Earl Blumenauer, D-OR

Donald M. Payne, Jr., D-NJ

Marc Veasey, D-TX

Sanford Bishop, D-GA

Bobby Rush, D-IL

John Conyers, D-MI

John Lewis, D-GA

Bennie Thompson, D-MS

Ken Calvert, R-CA

Chellie Pingree, D-ME

Emanuel Cleaver, D-MO

Leaders of 36 Ethnic and Minority Caucuses Support NMAP

Congressional Friends of Scotland Caucus

  • John Duncan R-TN, Co-chair
  • Mike McIntyre D-NC, Co-chair

    • Congressional Native American Caucus

  • Tom Cole R-OK, Co-chair
  • Betty McCollum D-MN, Co-chair

    • Italian American Congressional Delegation

  • Pat Tiberi R-OH, Co-chair
  • Bill Pascrell D-NJ, Co-chair

    • Congressional Ukrainian Caucus

  • Jim Gerlach R-PA, Co-chair
  • Marcy Kaptur D-OH, Co-chair

    • Congressional Caucus on Poland

  • Daniel Lipinski D-IL, Co-chair
  • Marcy Kaptur D-OH, Co-chair

    • Congressional Black Caucus

  • Yvette Clark D-NY, 2nd Vice Chair

    • German-American Caucus

  • Jim Gerlach R-PA, Co-chair

    • Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues

  • Carolyn Maloney D-NY, Co-chair

    • Congressional Caucus on Vietnam

  • Frank Wolf R-VA, Co-chair

    • Congressional Caucus on Central and Eastern Europe

  • Daniel Lipinski D-IL, Chair

    • Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys

  • Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Co-chair

    • Congressional Czech Caucus

  • Daniel Lipinski D-IL, Co-chair

    • Congressional United Kingdom Caucus

  • Mike McIntyre D-NC, Co-chair

    • Congressional Caucus on U.S. Turkish Relations and Turkish Americans

  • Gerald Connolly D-VA, Co-chair
  • Steve Cohen D-TN, Co-chair

    • Friends of Norway Caucus

  • Betty McCollum D-MN, Co-chair

    • Congressional Friends of Spain Caucus

  • Pedro Pierluisi D-PR, Co-chair

    • Congressional Portuguese Caucus

  • David Cicilline D-RI, Co-chair

    • Latino-Jewish Congressional Caucus

  • Eliot Engel D-NY, Co-chair

    • Ad Hoc Congressional Committee for Irish Affairs

  • Eliot Engel D-NY, Co-chair

    • Congressional Caucus on Korea

  • Gerald Connolly D-VA, Co-chair

    • Congressional Caucus on Central Asia

  • Eni Faleomavaega D-AS, Co-chair

    • Congressional Algerian Caucus

  • Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Chair

    • Democratic Israel Working Group

  • Alcee Hastings D-FL, Co-chair

    • Congressional Taiwan Caucus

  • Gerald Connolly D-VA, Co-chair

    • Congressional Pakistan Caucus

  • Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Chair

    • Congressional Georgia Caucus

  • Allyson Schwartz D-PA, Co-chair

    • Friends of Jordan Caucus

  • Alcee Hastings D-FL, Co-chair

    • Tunisia Caucus

  • Alcee Hastings D-FL, Co-chair

    • Congressional Moldova Caucus

  • David Price D-NC, Co-chair

    • Congressional Afghan Caucus

  • Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Co-chair

    • Congressional Albanian Issues Caucus

  • Eliot Engel D-NY, Co-chair

    • Israel Allies Caucus

  • Eliot Engel D-NY, Co-chair

    • Sudan Caucus

  • Frank Wolf R-VA, Co-chair

    • Friends of Thailand Caucus

  • Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Co-chair

    • Congressional Morocco Caucus

  • Bennie Thompson D-MS, Co-chair

    • Related Caucus Leaders Supporting NMAP

    Congressional Humanities Caucus

  • Tom Petri R-WI
  • David Price D-NC

    • Congressional History Caucus

  • Tom Cole R-OK
  • Bill Pascrell D-NJ

    • Congressional Refugee Caucus

  • John Conyers D-MI, Co-chair