House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Heritage Legacy Act
Official title: To provide grants to Historically Black colleges and universities for such colleges and universities to provide scholarships to students who are descended from a person who was enslaved in the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Frederica Wilson D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 3, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 3, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10043.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILSON of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 126, August 3, 2026, Page H5214):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10043, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10043
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2026). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frederica Wilson.
- H.R. 2021 (119th) American Teacher Act
- H.Res. 546 (119th) Encouraging Members of Congress to visit ICE detention facilities in their States.
- H.R. 10476 (119th) Glaucoma Vision Act of 2026
- H.R. 8362 (119th) Transit Workforce Development Act
- H.R. 5901 (119th) BCRA of 2025
- H.R. 9494 (119th) Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2026
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.