118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 215 — National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2023

“A bill to establish a National Council on African American History and Culture within the National Endowment for the Humanities, and for other purposes.”

Arts, culture, religion

Introduced Feb 1, 2023

Last action Feb 1, 2023

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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill establishes within the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) a National Council on African American History and Culture. The council shall prepare an annual report to be submitted to NEH on the work of NEH to preserve and celebrate African-American history and culture; gather timely and authoritative information concerning historical developments and cultural trends in African-American history and culture and take other specified steps; evaluate the various programs and activities of NEH to determine the extent to which such programs and activities are contributing to the successful preservation and celebration of African-American history and culture and make recommendatio...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

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Feb 1, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Feb 1, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.