House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Civics Learning Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to increase civics education programs, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 21, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8402.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLEAVER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 70, April 21, 2026, Page H3046):Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8402, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8402
- 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
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Angie Craig (D-MN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), William Keating (D-MA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
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.