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Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] · D–MD
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Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-10-06 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Preserving and Remembering the History of Trump and other Tyrants Act would require the Smithsonian to collect and display artifacts about Donald Trump’s presidencies in a permanent exhibition about Americans’ struggles against authoritarian rule. The bill characterizes those presidencies as involving propaganda, corruption, and authoritarianism; those are the bill’s characterizations. It would also require removal of certain signs outside the museum and congressional response signs while qualifying signs remain. These duties would fall on the Smithsonian and federal officials responsible for the surrounding walkways.
This Act may be cited as the Preserving and Remembering the History of Trump and other Tyrants Act.
The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall collect, preserve, and display in the National Museum of American History artifacts reflecting the rise of governmental propaganda, corruption, and authoritarianism due to the two Presidencies of Donald J. Trump from January 20, 2017, through January 20, 2021, and January 20, 2025, through January 20, 2029, to be included in a permanent exhibition devoted to the American struggle against authoritarianism, monarchy and autocracy in all their forms over the course of American history.
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), shall remove any signage along the NPS-maintained sidewalks and walkways used by the public to access the Museum, posted without Congressional authorization pursuant to Executive Order 14416 (July 24, 2026).
During any period with respect to which the President or any officer of the Executive Branch continues to maintain any signage along the NPS-maintained sidewalks and walkways used by the public to access the Museum, without congressional authorization pursuant to Executive Order 14416 (July 24, 2026), or any similar Executive Order (whether funded by the United States or any private donor), the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), shall post a sign of equal size bearing the seal of the United States Congress adjacent to such signage
The Smithsonian Secretary would have to collect, preserve, and display artifacts at the National Museum of American History covering January 20, 2017–January 20, 2021, and January 20, 2025–January 20, 2029. The permanent exhibition would address struggles throughout American history against authoritarian government, monarchy, and autocracy—forms of rule involving concentrated power, including rule by a monarch.
The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall collect, preserve, and display in the National Museum of American History artifacts reflecting the rise of governmental propaganda, corruption, and authoritarianism due to the two Presidencies of Donald J. Trump from January 20, 2017, through January 20, 2021, and January 20, 2025, through January 20, 2029, to be included in a permanent exhibition devoted to the American struggle against authoritarianism, monarchy and autocracy in all their forms over the course of American history.
The Smithsonian Secretary would have to consider collecting artifacts associated with the Interior Secretary’s implementation of the executive order identified in the bill, including Interior Department signs installed after July 24, 2026. The Secretary would also have to consider self-portrait banners outside federal agencies during January 20, 2025–January 20, 2029, and related artifacts described in the bill’s critical language. This requires consideration of those categories, rather than collection of every listed item.
In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall consider collecting and preserving— (1) all artifacts relating to the Secretary of the Interior’s implementation of Executive Order 14416, titled Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution, including all signage that was hung or installed by the Department of Interior after the Executive Order was published on July 24, 2026; (2) all self-portrait banners hung outside of Federal agencies during the period of January 20, 2025, through January 20, 2029, and any artifacts related to the President’s narcissistic self-worship and propagandistic assault on American history and American democracy;
Other materials the Smithsonian Secretary would have to consider include photographs and videos made by private individuals and the media, accounts from American citizens who opposed what the bill describes as rising authoritarianism, and other artifacts, recordings, and testimonials the Secretary judges to have lasting historical significance during the covered period.
In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall consider collecting and preserving—
(3) still and video images made by private individuals and the media; (4) personal narratives of American citizens who resisted and opposed the rise in authoritarianism gripping the United States; and (5) other artifacts, recordings, and testimonials that the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution determines have lasting historical significance during this time period.
The exhibition would have to carry a prescribed sign asserting that Trump ordered signs installed without constitutionally required congressional authorization and presenting his actions as authoritarian. The prescribed wording also says the 119th Congress passed legislation authorizing the exhibition and connects it to several historical movements and events. These are statements the proposal would require on a sign, not independent evidence of a constitutional violation or of this bill’s passage.
The permanent exhibition described in subsection (a) shall be accompanied by a sign that reads: Donald Trump ordered the installation of these signs without any Congressional authorization as required by the Constitution. The 119th Congress passed legislation authorizing this exhibit and insisted that this twice-impeached President’s actions be studied by future generations as the kind of authoritarian reaction to democracy that the American people have fought to overcome throughout our history. Use this exhibit to learn more about Know-Nothingism, white supremacy, the Lost Cause romance with slavery and the Confederacy, McCarthyism, Trump’s Big Lie and attack on the 2020 presidential election, and the heroic Americans and movements that opposed and defeated these and other episodes of authoritarian fanaticism..
The Interior Secretary, acting through the National Park Service Director, would have to remove signs along National Park Service-maintained sidewalks and walkways used to access the museum if they were posted without congressional authorization under the executive order identified as Executive Order 14416 of July 24, 2026.
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), shall remove any signage along the NPS-maintained sidewalks and walkways used by the public to access the Museum, posted without Congressional authorization pursuant to Executive Order 14416 (July 24, 2026).
While the President or another executive branch officer continued to maintain qualifying signs on those walkways without congressional authorization, the Interior Secretary, through the National Park Service Director, would have to place an equally large sign bearing Congress’s seal beside them. This would apply to signs maintained under the cited order or a similar order, whether publicly or privately funded. The required response would criticize the adjacent sign, assert that it does not represent the American people or Congress, and direct visitors to the permanent exhibition. The duty would apply for as long as the stated conditions continued.
During any period with respect to which the President or any officer of the Executive Branch continues to maintain any signage along the NPS-maintained sidewalks and walkways used by the public to access the Museum, without congressional authorization pursuant to Executive Order 14416 (July 24, 2026), or any similar Executive Order (whether funded by the United States or any private donor), the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), shall post a sign of equal size bearing the seal of the United States Congress adjacent to such signage
Donald Trump ordered the installation of the adjacent sign without any Congressional authorization as required by the Constitution. That sign does not represent the views of the American people nor their elected representatives in Congress. That sign should be studied as the kind of authoritarian reaction to democracy that the American people have fought to overcome throughout our history.
visit the permanent exhibit in the National Museum of American History authorized by the 119th Congress which contains artifacts documenting the rise of governmental propaganda, corruption, and authoritarianism demonstrated by President Trump’s Presidency.
The bill would authorize Congress to provide $5 million to the Smithsonian to carry out section 2. This is permission for funding to be appropriated, not an appropriation that itself supplies the money. Any funding provided under this authorization would remain available until spent.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Smithsonian Institution $5,000,000 to carry out this section, to remain available until expended.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated October 16, 2026, records introduction in the House on October 6, 2026, and referral that day to the House Administration and Natural Resources committees for provisions within their respective jurisdictions. The supplied snapshot records no later legislative action.
Source snapshot updated 2026-10-16T13:56:48Z. 2026-10-06: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
2026-10-06: Introduced in House
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-10-06. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No earmark was identified in the complete supplied introduced text under the stated definition. A program funding authorization alone does not establish an earmark. This conclusion is limited to this version and does not establish formal earmark status or absence in accompanying materials.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow preferential carve-out, special exemption, or comparable targeted benefit was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. Duties assigned to the institution carrying out the proposal do not alone constitute preferential treatment. This conclusion is limited to this version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
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