# 119-hr-1111: Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2025 119-hr-1111, Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1111 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-1111 - Congress: 119 - Title: Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2025 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-02-07 - Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN) - Cosponsors: 52 - Policy area: Government Operations and Politics - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-10-17 ## Summary **Creates a Department of Peacebuilding** that would make peacebuilding a federal mission and set up new programs to prevent and reduce violence domestically and internationally. - Families and communities would get new local funding through a Community Peace Block Grant program to support school and neighborhood conflict resolution, community policing reforms, re-entry services for people leaving prison, mental health, and peaceful family dynamics. - Educators and students would see Peace Education Grants for K–12 through higher education to build peace curricula, expand peace studies, train teachers, and support a public-facing Peace Academy. - Federal policy, research, and diplomacy would change as the bill would add a Secretary of Peacebuilding to the National Security Council, require consultation with State and Defense on actions that could lead to violence, create offices for research, arms control, technology for peace, and human and economic rights, publish studies and a monthly journal, and fund cultural diplomacy and international exchange grants while directing that at least 85 percent of appropriated funds be used for domestic peace programs. ## Cosponsors (52) - Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] (D-TX), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Sylvester Turner (D-TX), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA), 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2025-05-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA), 2025-06-09T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2025-10-14T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2025-10-28T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3] (D-NM), 2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Mejia, Analilia [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Most funding must be domestic: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would authorize whatever sums Congress later provides to run the Department. Of any money Congress appropriates under this authorization, at least 85% would have to be used for domestic peace programs, including related administrative costs. The authorization would still requir… - New Department of Peacebuilding: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would create a Department of Peacebuilding led by a Cabinet-level Secretary appointed by the President with Senate confirmation. The Secretary would join the National Security Council and the Department would have an Inspector General for oversight. The bill would also create a… - Community Peace Block Grant program: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a Community Peace Block Grant program to give grants to nonprofits and NGOs. Grants would fund innovative school and neighborhood programs for nonviolent conflict resolution and help create local peacebuilding initiatives. Local groups could apply for funding to su… - Required consultation on conflicts: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretaries of Defense and State to consult with the Secretary of Peacebuilding when a conflict is foreseeable, imminent, or occurring. The Secretary of Peacebuilding would set a formal, timely consultation process before policies or resource withdrawals that… - Research and human-rights office: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create an Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights to document abuses, advise on labor rights, and analyze how resource scarcity can drive conflict. It would also create an Office of Peacebuilding Information and Research to study media effects, gun violence, and deaths… - Unarmed civilian peacekeeper program: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Department to set up a budget for training and deploying unarmed civilian peacekeepers to join multinational nonviolent missions. The budget would support recruiting, training, and deployments run by civilian, government, or multilateral organizations. The pro… - Cultural exchange grants for schools: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create two Cultural Diplomacy for Peace grant programs for domestic and international exchanges. Grants would fund arts, sports, science, and other exchange programs for pre-K through higher education institutions, nonprofits, and government organizations. These grants wo… - Grants for peace technology research: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let the Assistant Secretary for Technology for Peace award grants for research in transportation, communications, agriculture, medicine, and energy. Grants must fund nonviolent technologies that encourage conservation and sustainability to help prevent resource-related co… - Peace education and service academy: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would create Peace Education grants for pre-K through higher education to build peace studies and train teachers in conflict resolution. The bill would also establish a Federal Peace Academy with a four-year program in peace education. Graduates of the academy would be required… ## Related bills - 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 - 119-hr-999: Right to Contraception Act - 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 - 119-hr-1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act - 119-hr-14: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-hr-1111 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1111) ## Related - [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51) - [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589) - [119-hr-999: Right to Contraception Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-999) - [119-hr-20: Richard L. 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