H.R. 7740 (IH) - African American History Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr7740ih | Content Details

Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:

Congress Number

119th Congress

Congress Session

2nd Session

Last Action Date Listed

February 26, 2026

Action

Mr. Mfume (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeGette, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Carson, Mr. Himes, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Meng, Mr. Peters, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Soto, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Casten, Ms. Craig, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. McBath, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Ms. Ross, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Balint, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Casar, Ms. Crockett, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Frost, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Moskowitz, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. McClellan, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Bell, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Figures, Mr. Mannion, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Randall, and Ms. Simon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

Bill Number

H.R. 7740

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Short Title

African American History Act of 2026

Full Title

To authorize the Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture to support African American history education programs, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Kweisi Mfume(MD)

Cosponsors

Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA); Bennie G. Thompson (MS); Lloyd Doggett (TX); Zoe Lofgren (CA); Danny K. Davis (IL); Diana DeGette (CO); James P. McGovern (MA); Gregory W. Meeks (NY); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Betty McCollum (MN); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Al Green (TX); Gwen Moore (WI); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Steve Cohen (TN); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Andre Carson (IN); James A. Himes (CT); Chellie Pingree (ME); Paul Tonko (NY); Mike Quigley (IL); John Garamendi (CA); Terri A. Sewell (AL); Frederica S. Wilson (FL); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Dina Titus (NV); Joyce Beatty (OH); Julia Brownley (CA); Lois Frankel (FL); Grace Meng (NY); Scott H. Peters (CA); Mark Pocan (WI); Eric Swalwell (CA); Mark Takano (CA); Robin L. Kelly (IL); Mark DeSaulnier (CA); Debbie Dingell (MI); Ted Lieu (CA); Seth Moulton (MA); Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); Dwight Evans (PA); Adriano Espaillat (NY); Pramila Jayapal (WA); Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL); Jamie Raskin (MD); Darren Soto (FL); Mary Gay Scanlon (PA); Sean Casten (IL); Angie Craig (MN); Lizzie Fletcher (TX); Sylvia R. Garcia (TX); Jahana Hayes (CT); Lucy McBath (GA); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY); Ilhan Omar (MN); Ayanna Pressley (MA); Greg Stanton (AZ); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM); Deborah K. Ross (NC); Ritchie Torres (NY); Troy A. Carter (LA); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL); Becca Balint (VT); Nikki Budzinski (IL); Greg Casar (TX); Jasmine Crockett (TX); Valerie P. Foushee (NC); Maxwell Frost (FL); Daniel S. Goldman (NY); Glenn Ivey (MD); Jonathan L. Jackson (IL); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA); Greg Landsman (OH); Summer L. Lee (PA); Jared Moskowitz (FL); Delia C. Ramirez (IL); Hillary J. Scholten (MI); Shri Thanedar (MI); Jennifer L. McClellan (VA); LaMonica McIver (NJ); Wesley Bell (MO); Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (NJ); Shomari Figures (AL); John W. Mannion (NY); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (MD); Emily Randall (WA); Lateefah Simon (CA)

Committees

Committee on House Administration (Standing)

United States Code Reference

20 U.S.C. 7801