Section 3056(c)(1) lays out the duties of the commission. Within 18 months of its first meeting, the commission must submit to the President of the United States and the Congress a report containing recommendations regarding the need for and the feasibility of establishing a National Women's History Museum. The report must address the availability and cost of acquiring collections, whether a national museum will negatively impact regional women's history museums, potential locations for a museum in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, whether the museum should be part of the Smithsonian Institution, the governance structure of a museum, how women would be included in the development and design of a museum, and the cost of building and operating a museum.
