H.R. 844 (IH) - Black History is American History Act - BILLS-119hr844ih | 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

1st Session

Last Action Date Listed

January 31, 2025

Action

Mrs. Beatty (for herself, Ms. Adams, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brown, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Ms. DeGette, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Frost, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Magaziner, Mrs. McBath, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Meng, Ms. Norton, Ms. Plaskett, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Strickland, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Underwood, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

Bill Number

H.R. 844

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Short Title

Black History is American History Act

Full Title

To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs that include the history of peoples of African descent in the settling and founding of America, the economic and political environments that led to the development, institutionalization, and abolition of slavery and its impact on all Americans, the exploration and expansion of America, impact on and contributions to the development and enhancement of American life, United States history, literature, the economy, politics, body of laws, and culture, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Joyce Beatty(OH)

Cosponsors

Alma S. Adams (NC); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Shontel M. Brown (OH); Andre Carson (IN); Troy A. Carter (LA); Kathy Castor (FL); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Emanuel Cleaver (MO); James E. Clyburn (SC); Danny K. Davis (IL); Donald G. Davis (NC); Diana DeGette (CO); Mark DeSaulnier (CA); Debbie Dingell (MI); Lloyd Doggett (TX); Dwight Evans (PA); Valerie P. Foushee (NC); Lois Frankel (FL); Maxwell Frost (FL); Daniel S. Goldman (NY); Al Green (TX); Raul M. Grijalva (AZ); Jahana Hayes (CT); Steven Horsford (NV); Glenn Ivey (MD); Jonathan L. Jackson (IL); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA); Timothy M. Kennedy (NY); Robin L. Kelly (IL); Rick Larsen (WA); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Seth Magaziner (RI); Lucy McBath (GA); LaMonica McIver (NJ); Gregory W. Meeks (NY); Robert Menendez (NJ); Grace Meng (NY); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Stacey E. Plaskett (VI); Ayanna Pressley (MA); Terri A. Sewell (AL); Marilyn Strickland (WA); Emilia Strong Sykes (OH); Shri Thanedar (MI); Bennie G. Thompson (MS); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL); Lauren Underwood (IL); Nydia M. Velazquez (NY); Maxine Waters (CA); Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); Nikema Williams (GA); Frederica S. Wilson (FL)

Committees

Committee on Education and Workforce (Standing)

United States Code Reference

20 U.S.C. 6661, 6662, 6663 and 9622