The House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill to study the possibility of bringing the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History under the Smithsonian umbrella. The bill had the support of 36 Jewish groups and was co-sponsored by a bipartisan slate of 94 representatives. Lawmakers spoke of rising antisemitism in the United States and Israel's multi-front war in speeches ahead of the bill's approval. If passed by the Senate and signed by the president, the bill would establish a commission to consider transferring the museum to the control of the Smithsonian Trust.