# 119-hr-4329: Building Civic Bridges Act

119-hr-4329, Building Civic Bridges Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4329
- Congress: 119
- Title: Building Civic Bridges Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 22
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-19

## Summary

This bill would create a new Office of Civic Bridgebuilding inside the Corporation for National and Community Service to advance **civic bridgebuilding** nationwide through grants, training, research, and public engagement. - Communities: funds local programs aimed at reducing conflict and improving social cohesion while addressing unmet human, educational, health, environmental, or public safety needs. - National service participants and organizations: provides training in civic bridgebuilding skills for participants in national service programs and for organizations that receive or oversee funded programs. - Grant applicants and program design: establishes a competitive Civic Bridgebuilding Pilot Grant Program with 3-year pilot cycles, 1-year grant awards, required reporting, and standardized, research-based criteria for measuring results. - Researchers and policymakers: supports research, evaluations, and a publicly accessible research base, and requires a Comptroller General review within 18 months after each 3-year pilot cycle. - Funding structure: bars use of federal funds for the pilot and requires the program to be carried out only with private donations under section 196. *Because the bill bars federal funding and relies on private donations, it is designed not to add direct federal spending.*

## Cosponsors (22)

- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1] (R-UT), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Timmons, William R. [R-SC-4] (R-SC), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] (R-TX), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2025-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3] (D-MN), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2025-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Pilot rules and independent review: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would define key terms, including what counts as civic bridgebuilding, who is an eligible entity, and what the research base is. These rules would guide who can apply and what activities qualify. It would also require the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress o…
- New office to fund civic bridgebuilding: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would create an Office of Civic Bridgebuilding at the Corporation for National and Community Service. The office would run a grant program, set research-based standards, support research, and keep a public collection of studies. It would provide training for national service pa…
- Pilot grants to reduce community conflict: benefit, low. If enacted, CNCS would run a competitive three-year pilot grant program through the new office. Grants would be one-year awards, issued in three cycles per three-year pilot period, and the pilot could repeat. Nonprofits, colleges, libraries, public agencies, and consortia could apply. Applications…
- No federal funds; donations only: cost, low. If enacted, the program could not use federal appropriations. It would rely only on donated funds under section 196. This could limit the size and certainty of grants and activities.

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4329 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4329)

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- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2048)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4329 (as of 2026-07-19).