H.R. 844: Black History is American History Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-31 · Education · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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Black History is American History Act

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Black History is American History Act

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr844.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

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Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] · 60 cosponsors

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Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel M. Brown (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Donald G. Davis (D-NC), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Lucy McBath (D-GA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] reported raising $1.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr844.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr844 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills