Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland has proposed legislation that would require the Smithsonian Institution to collect and permanently exhibit artifacts tied to what the bill describes as the rise of governmental propaganda, corruption and authoritarianism across both of Donald Trump's presidential terms. Introduced on October 7, the measure is titled the Preserving and Remembering the History of Trump and other Tyrants Act. It instructs Smithsonian officials to gather items connected to Executive Order 14416, which called for content-warning signs outside the National Museum of American History, along with the large banners bearing Trump's portrait installed on federal buildings in Washington and other objects depicting what the bill terms his self-glorification and assault on American history and democracy. Testimonials and communications deemed historically relevant to the period would also be collected. The proposal is a direct counter to the administration's campaign against the institution. Trump has accused the Smithsonian of extreme political activism and his team has pushed to install signage outside its museums warning visitors about curators' supposed ideological bias. Raskin's bill would turn those very signs into museum pieces, displayed as evidence of an authoritarian reaction to democracy that the public fought to overcome. In a statement on the bill, Raskin argued that the country must study the president's actions to avoid repeating what he called a descent into authoritarianism. The legislation would authorize funding for the Smithsonian to build the collection and mount the permanent display, though its prospects in a Republican-controlled Congress are uncertain at best.