House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
African American History Act of 2026
Official title: 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Kweisi Mfume D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 26, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7740.
- 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. 38, February 26, 2026, Page H2333):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7740, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7740
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 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
97 cosponsors — 97 Democrats
0 of 97 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Lois Frankel (D-FL) and 67 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. 7549 (119th) National Council on African American History and Culture 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 Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.