US Congress House Bill 6902 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 167-0)
Status: Introduced on May 15 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-15 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs that include the history of peoples of African descent in the settling and founding of America, the economic and political environments that led to the development, institutionalization, and abolition of slavery and its impact on all Americans, the exploration and expansion of America, impact on and contributions to the development and enhancement of American life, United States history, literature, the economy, politics, body of laws, and culture, and for other purposes.

Black History is American History Act

Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]
Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Kweisi Mfume [D-MD]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]
Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2020-05-15	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6902/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6902/BILLS-116hr6902ih.pdf