House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2026
Official title: To establish a National Council on African American History and Culture within the National Endowment for the Humanities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Kweisi Mfume D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 12, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7549.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MFUME, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 30, February 12, 2026, Page H2220):Article 1, Section 8, clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7549, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7549
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
37 cosponsors — 37 Democrats
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Shontel Brown (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Summer Lee (D-PA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), David Scott (D-GA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kweisi Mfume.
- H.R. 7265 (119th) Vote by Mail Tracking Act
- H.Res. 187 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives referring to the termination, removal…
- H.R. 7740 (119th) African American History Act of 2026
- H.R. 3498 (119th) Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.Res. 807 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives referring to the firings, dismissal…
- H.R. 1718 (119th) Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2025
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 10, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.