HR 8971
117th Congress
House
National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2022
Official title: To establish a National Council on African American History and Culture within the National Endowment for the Humanities, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 22, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 22, 2022
Introduced in House
Ask about this bill
Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Plain-English summary
National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2022
This bill establishes a National Council on African American History and Culture in the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
The duties of the council shall include
- gathering timely and authoritative information concerning historical developments and cultural trends in African-American history and culture;
- evaluating the various programs and activities of the NEH to determine the extent to which such programs and activities are contributing, or not contributing, to the successful preservation and celebration of African-American history and culture; and
- developing and recommending to the NEH national policies to foster and promote the understanding of African-American history, the preservation of African-American culture, and the celebration of African Americans as contributors to the country's economic, cultural, and political success.
Related & companion bills
1
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
36
D
Espaillat, Adriano
Bass, Karen
D
Beatty, Joyce
Bowman, Jamaal
D
Brown, Shontel M.
Brown, Anthony
Butterfield, G. K.
D
Carson, André
D
Carter, Troy A.
D
Case, Ed
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
Cohen, Steve
D
Davis, Danny K.
D
Evans, Dwight
D
Green, Al
D
Hayes, Jahana
Jackson Lee, Sheila
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Jones, Mondaire
Lawson, Al
Lee, Barbara
D
McBath, Lucy
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Payne, Donald
D
Pressley, Ayanna
RUSH, BOBBY
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Schiff, Adam B.
D
Scott, David
D
Sewell, Terri A.
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
D
Titus, Dina
D
Torres, Ritchie
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
D
Williams, Nikema
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8971: National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8971/
"H.R. 8971: National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8971/.
H.R. 8971, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8971/.
[H.R. 8971: National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2022](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8971/)