S. 2385 119th Congress Senate

Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History Act

Official title: A bill to codify Executive Order 14253 relating to restoring truth and sanity to American history, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 22, 2025 Introduced by: Jim Banks Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov

Arts, Culture, Religion Historical and cultural resourcesMonuments and memorialsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsRacial and ethnic relations

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Smithsonian InstitutionU.S. history

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Dec 9, 2025

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-238.

Dec 9, 2025

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.

Jul 22, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Jul 22, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now December 9, 2025

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-238.

Hearings & markups 1

Hearings to examine S.290, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to upgrade existing emergency communications centers…
Meeting Dec 9, 2025 · 10:00 AM EST · National Parks Subcommittee

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Senate
National Parks Subcommittee
Senate · subcommittee of Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Lobbying activity 6

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
for HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
for HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
for HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
for HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
for HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
6 filings
SENATE
6 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
5 filings
Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
5 filings
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
5 filings
Education, Dept of
5 filings
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
5 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
5 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Ernst, Joni

Iowa · Jul 30, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2385: Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2385/

MLA

"S. 2385: Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2385/.

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S. 2385, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2385/.

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