US Congress House Bill 844

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 58-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-31 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Pending: House Education and Workforce Committee

To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs that include the history of peoples of African descent in the settling and founding of America, the economic and political environments that led to the development, institutionalization, and abolition of slavery and its impact on all Americans, the exploration and expansion of America, impact on and contributions to the development and enhancement of American life, United States history, literature, the economy, politics, body of laws, and culture, and for other purposes.

To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs that include the history of peoples of African descent in the settling and founding of America, the economic and political environments that led to the development, institutionalization, and abolition of slavery and its impact on all Americans, the exploration and expansion of America, impact on and contributions to the development and enhancement of American life, United States history, literature, the economy, politics, body of laws, and culture, and for other purposes.

Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Shontel Brown [D-OH]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Troy Carter [D-LA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick [D-FL]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Donald Davis [D-NC]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Valerie Foushee [D-NC]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Maxwell Frost [D-FL]	Rep. Daniel Goldman [D-NY]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. Glenn Ivey [D-MD]	Rep. Jonathan Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove [D-CA]
Rep. Timothy Kennedy [D-NY]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Seth Magaziner [D-RI]	Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]	Rep. LaMonica McIver [D-NJ]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Marilyn Strickland [D-WA]	Rep. Emilia Sykes [D-OH]
Rep. Shri Thanedar [D-MI]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Nikema Williams [D-GA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-31	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-01-31	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/844/all-info