WASHINGTON (AP) — A national Latino American history museum would be created in one of the oldest buildings on the National Mall under legislation lawmakers have reintroduced, and an advocacy group on Wednesday urged Congress to pass the bill this year.

Two years ago, a presidential commission called for the creation of a Smithsonian American Latino Museum. But the effort stalled last year in Congress. The group, Friends of the American Latino Museum, has begun raising money for an advocacy effort to urge Congress to authorize it.