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HR 7627 117th Congress House

Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act of 2022

Official title: To address systemic racism through the arts and humanities in the United States.

Introduced: September 29, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Apr 28, 2022
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act of 2022

This bill establishes an Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Program to increase engagement with public and nonprofit entities (including faith-based and community-based organizations that serve and are led by people of color) in supporting arts and humanities projects that directly combat systemic racism through the arts and humanities. The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities shall carry out this program.

The bill also provides for a competitive grant program for the creation and expansion of programs to support public and nonprofit arts and humanities organizations that directly combat systemic racism through the arts and humanities.

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 Cosponsors 37
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Dec 21, 2022
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Dec 21, 2022
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 22, 2022
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Nov 22, 2022
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Nov 16, 2022
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Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Nov 10, 2022
Bowman, Jamaal
· Nov 10, 2022
Cicilline, David
· Nov 10, 2022
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Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Nov 10, 2022
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Nov 10, 2022
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Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Nov 10, 2022
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Nov 10, 2022
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Nov 10, 2022
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 29, 2022
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Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Sep 19, 2022
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 19, 2022
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Sep 9, 2022
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jul 26, 2022
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Huffman, Jared
California · Jul 18, 2022
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Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jul 18, 2022
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jul 18, 2022
Bass, Karen
· Jun 17, 2022
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Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Jun 17, 2022
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Khanna, Ro
California · Jun 17, 2022
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Levin, Mike
California · Jun 17, 2022
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Takano, Mark
California · Jun 17, 2022
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Jun 3, 2022
Cárdenas, Tony
· Jun 3, 2022
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Chu, Judy
California · Jun 3, 2022
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jun 3, 2022
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Lieu, Ted
California · Jun 3, 2022
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jun 3, 2022
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jun 3, 2022
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Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · May 19, 2022
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 19, 2022
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Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · May 19, 2022
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · May 19, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7627: Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7627/
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"H.R. 7627: Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7627/.
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