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LegislationLegislation· Feb 2026
HR 988 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Mike Bost (R)

To amend title 36, United States Code, to move the place of incorporation and domicile of the National Woman’s Relief Corps to Illinois, to move the principal office of such Corps to Murphysboro, Illinois, and for other purposes.

Moves the National Woman's Relief Corps incorporation and principal office from DC to Illinois.

Tradeoff

Changes where a Civil War memorial organization is legally chartered and where it operates. No fiscal impact or competing priorities noted.

What's in it

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No federal budget impact.

This bill is a charter amendment with zero federal cost—it simply changes the legal domicile and principal office location of a private, congressionally chartered organization from its current location to Murphysboro, Illinois, and has no impact on federal spending, revenue, or the deficit.

H.R. 988, a bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to move the place of incorporation and domicile of the National Woman’s Relief Corps to Illinois, to move the principal office of such Corps to Murphysboro, Illinois, and for other purposes · Jan 2026

Passed the House by on February 2, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Feb 5, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on the Judiciary(Feb 5, 2025)

  3. House

    The committee voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Nov 20, 2025)

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Feb 2, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on the Judiciary(Feb 3, 2026)