H.R.7740

African American History Act of 2026

Introduced·2/26/26
Introduced

H. R. 7740

Introduced in House · March 13, 2026

February 26, 2026

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

A BILL

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “African American History Act of 2026”.