# 117-hr-6805: African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act

117-hr-6805, African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC); status Subcommittee Hearings Held. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-6805
- Congress: 117
- Title: African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act
- Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Introduced: 2022-02-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC)
- Cosponsors: 12
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish the United States African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Program within the National Park Service (NPS). In carrying out the program, Interior may make grants to other federal agencies; state, local, and tribal governments; other public entities; educational institutions; historic preservation groups; and private nonprofit organizations for the identification of historic African-American burial grounds, the preservation and restoration of African-American burial grounds, the interpretation of African-American burial grounds, and related research and documentation for historic African-American burial grounds.

## Cosponsors (12)

- Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2022-02-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2022-02-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] (R-VA), 2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA), 2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA), 2022-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2022-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2022-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2022-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] (D-VA), 2022-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-6805 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6805)

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