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119-hr-7740119th CongressWALLET

African American History Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Representative Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7]

Introduced

Summary

Expand and support African American history education. This bill would authorize the Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture to use funds under section 5 to create resources, run programs, and strengthen collections to reach schools, families, and the public.

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  • Teachers and schools: Provides curricula, teacher trainings, workshops, and a teacher fellowship program to build educator expertise and encourage state and local adoption of resources.
  • Students and families: Funds online content, family-focused materials, and traveling exhibitions so students and households can access accurate, age-appropriate information about African American history.
  • Museums, scholars, and collections: Supports staffing, conservation, processing, digitization, and expanded acquisitions to preserve artifacts and improve research and exhibit access.
  • Public engagement and accessibility: Funds convenings, social media outreach, technical support, and translations of scholarly work and exhibits to reach diverse and multilingual audiences.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Annual $4 million for museum

If enacted, the bill would authorize $4,000,000 per year to carry out this Act. The authorization would cover fiscal year 2027 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years. Actual spending would require later congressional appropriations and would not itself change your taxes or benefits.

More African American history education

If enacted, the bill would let the National Museum of African American History and Culture use appropriated money for many education and outreach activities. This would include digital and print resources, traveling exhibitions, website content for educators, and translation of materials. It would let the Director convene experts, run programming with a social-justice and anti-bias lens, expand collections and digitization, and provide teacher training and fellowships. Use of funds would be at the Director's discretion and would depend on amounts appropriated under section 5.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7]

MD • D

Cosponsors

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

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  • Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]

    NY • D

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  • Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2]

    GA • D

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  • Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]

    MS • D

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  • Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]

    TX • D

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    NJ • D

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