2021-2022 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB8971: National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2022
Legislative Summary
To establish a National Council on African American History and Culture within the National Endowment for the Humanities, and for other purposes.
Bill History
9/22/2022
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
9/22/2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(9/22/2022)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Education and Labor(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Democrat: 38
Primary Sponsor

Kweisi Mfume
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (37)
Joyce Beatty
Democrat
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Democrat
G. Butterfield
Democrat
Eleanor Norton
Democrat
Danny Davis
Democrat
Andre Carson
Democrat
Jahana Hayes
Democrat
Barbara Lee
Democrat
Henry Johnson
Democrat
Anthony Brown
Democrat
Lucy McBath
Democrat
David Scott
Democrat
Ritchie Torres
Democrat
Troy Carter
Democrat
Al Lawson
Democrat
Bobby Rush
Democrat
Frederica Wilson
Democrat
Nikema Williams
Democrat
Jamaal Bowman
Democrat
Terri Sewell
Democrat
Dina Titus
Democrat
Mondaire Jones
Democrat
Michael San Nicolas
Democrat
Bonnie Coleman
Democrat
Bennie Thompson
Democrat
Ayanna Pressley
Democrat
Dwight Evans
Democrat
Janice Schakowsky
Democrat
Karen Bass
Democrat
Al Green
Democrat
Shontel Brown
Democrat
Ed Case
Democrat
Adam Schiff
Democrat
Donald Payne
Democrat
Yvette Clarke
Democrat
Steve Cohen
Democrat
Adriano Espaillat
Democrat