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H.R. 8810119th CongressIn committeeLatest action May 14, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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HR 8810 creates a nine-member commission to study future uses for the long-vacant Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall.
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HR 8810 establishes a nine-member commission to research and recommend future uses for the Arts and Industries Building, a historic but largely vacant Smithsonian building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The commission has up to one year to produce a report on potential occupants, a fundraising plan aimed at financial self-sufficiency, and formal recommendations for Congress including possible costs and a potential new name. The bill does not change anything about the building immediately.
Commission members are selected by congressional leaders from both parties and by the Smithsonian Institution, and must have backgrounds in museums, education, tourism, or urban planning. Federal policymakers, the Smithsonian, museums and cultural organizations, Washington D.C. residents, and National Mall visitors are the primary parties affected.
The commission's work could give Congress concrete options for activating a building that has been underused for years, potentially bringing cultural institutions or educational programming to the National Mall. The outcome depends entirely on what the commission recommends and whether Congress chooses to act on those recommendations.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.