On May 8, 2008, the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino was signed into law (Public Law 110-229 [S.2739]). The law created a 23-member commission, made up of appointees of the President and House and Senate leadership. Commission members were tasked with studying over a two–year period the feasibility of and plan for a new national museum in the nation's capital. More
