House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
National Museum of African American History and Culture Act
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2003
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 23, 2003 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2205.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R. 3491, which became Public Law 108-184 on 12/16/2003.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2205, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
139 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 111 Democrats, 1 independent
26 of 139 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Frank Ballance (D-NC), Chris Bell (D-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Max Burns (R-GA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Julia Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Philip Crane (R-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and 109 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Lewis.
- H.R. 1616 (108th) Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site Land Exchange Act
- H.R. 3491 (108th) National Museum of African American History and Culture Act
- H.Res. 303 (108th) Honoring Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr., former Mayor of the City of Atlanta, and extending the condolences of the House of Representatives…
- H.Res. 798 (108th) Honoring former President James Earl (Jimmy) Carter on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
- H.R. 2680 (108th) To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (posthumously) and…
- H.R. 3809 (108th) Fairness and Individual Rights Necessary to Ensure a Stronger Society: Civil Rights Act of 2004
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.