Bills · 119th Congress · H.R. 7740

African American History Act of 2026

IntroducedConfirmed from the official record

Sponsored by Kweisi Mfume DDemocrat, introduced . Policy area, as Congress files it: Arts, Culture, Religion.

Status is read from the official actions by their Library of Congress codes: Became Public Law (36000) or a law number on the bill reads "Became law"; Vetoed (31000) reads "Vetoed"; Presented to President (28000) reads "Sent to the President"; passed or agreed to in the House (8000) and in the Senate (17000) reads "Passed both chambers"; one of them alone reads "Passed the House" or "Passed the Senate" ("Agreed to" for a resolution); reported to the House (5000) or the Senate (14000) reads "Reported by committee"; anything else reads "Introduced".

Source: Congress.gov data service (Library of Congress). Text versions: our copies of govinfo.gov’s files. Our copy was saved October 14, 2026.

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Cosponsors

97 cosponsors.

Cosponsors
MemberJoined
Eleanor Holmes Norton DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jerrold Nadler DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Bennie G. Thompson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Lloyd Doggett DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Zoe Lofgren DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Danny K. Davis DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Diana DeGette DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
James P. McGovern DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Gregory W. Meeks DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Janice D. Schakowsky DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Betty McCollum DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Stephen F. Lynch DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Al Green DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Gwen Moore DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Debbie Wasserman Schultz DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Yvette D. Clarke DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Steve Cohen DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
André Carson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
James A. Himes DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Chellie Pingree DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Paul Tonko DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Mike Quigley DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
John Garamendi DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Terri A. Sewell DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Frederica S. Wilson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Suzanne Bonamici DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Suzan K. DelBene DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Dina Titus DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Joyce Beatty DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Julia Brownley DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Lois Frankel DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Grace Meng DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Scott H. Peters DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Mark Pocan DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Mark Takano DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Robin L. Kelly DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Mark DeSaulnier DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Debbie Dingell DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Ted Lieu DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Seth Moulton DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Bonnie Watson Coleman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Dwight Evans DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Nanette Diaz Barragán DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Adriano Espaillat DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Pramila Jayapal DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Raja Krishnamoorthi DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jamie Raskin DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Darren Soto DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Mary Gay Scanlon DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Sean Casten DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Angie Craig DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Lizzie Fletcher DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Sylvia R. Garcia DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jahana Hayes DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Lucy McBath DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Ilhan Omar DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Ayanna Pressley DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Greg Stanton DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Rashida Tlaib DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Teresa Leger Fernandez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Deborah K. Ross DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Ritchie Torres DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Troy A. Carter DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Becca Balint DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Nikki Budzinski DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Greg Casar DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jasmine Crockett DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Valerie P. Foushee DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Maxwell Frost DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Daniel S. Goldman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Glenn Ivey DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jonathan L. Jackson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Sydney Kamlager-Dove DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Greg Landsman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Summer L. Lee DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jared Moskowitz DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Delia C. Ramirez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Hillary J. Scholten DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Shri Thanedar DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jennifer L. McClellan DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
LaMonica McIver DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Wesley Bell DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Shomari Figures DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
John W. Mannion DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Johnny Olszewski, Jr. DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Emily Randall DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Lateefah Simon DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Christian D. Menefee DDemocrat
George Latimer DDemocrat
Seth Magaziner DDemocrat
Josh Gottheimer DDemocrat

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  1. Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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  • Committee on House Administration (House)Referred To, February 26, 2026

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