House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
21st Century Federal Writers’ Project Act
Official title: To establish a grant program in the National Endowment for the Arts to document the American experience.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 30, 2026
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Jun 30, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9558.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LIEU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 109, June 30, 2026, Page H4365):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9558, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9558
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 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 October 23, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.