# 119-hr-8887: Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park Act

119-hr-8887, Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8887
- Congress: 119
- Title: Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-05-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Would create a Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park** and establish a National Rosenwald Schools Network to preserve Rosenwald Schools and share the story of Julius Rosenwald's partnership with Booker T. Washington and about 5,000 African American communities. - Communities and visitors: Would preserve a small number of representative Rosenwald School sites, including the San Domingo School in Sharptown, Maryland, the Saint George Rosenwald School in Saint George, South Carolina, and the Woodville Rosenwald School in Gloucester County, Virginia. It would place a park headquarters and visitor center in or near the former Sears Merchandising Complex in North Lawndale, Chicago and map a 40-acre boundary. - State and local partners and property owners: Would allow the Secretary of the Interior to enter cooperative agreements with states, cities, and private groups and to fund marking, interpretation, restoration, and technical assistance for non-Federal properties. Those agreements must guarantee reasonable public access and include reimbursement rules if a funded property is later converted to other uses. - Educators and historians: Would create a National Rosenwald Schools Network to link National Park Service units and other federal, state, and private sites, develop educational materials, adopt a uniform symbol, conduct research, evaluate additional sites for possible park inclusion, and award grants to network members. It would also require interpretation of the Rosenwald and Washington partnership at Lincoln Home National Historic Site and at Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] (D-SC), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3] (D-MD), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New Rosenwald Schools National Park: benefit, low. This bill would create the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park. The park would include the 40-acre Sears merchandising complex in Chicago and three named Rosenwald School sites in Maryland, South Carolina, and Virginia. The park would not be established until the Secreta…
- Rosenwald Schools National Network: benefit, low. This bill would create a Rosenwald Schools National Network inside the National Park Service. The Secretary would solicit proposals from interested sites soon after enactment and would run the Network. The Network could enter cooperative agreements and give grants to support signs, exhibits, educat…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-8887 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8887)

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- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8887 (as of 2026-09-21).