HR 7549 — National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2026
Congress 119 · introduced 2026-02-12
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Sponsors
- Mfume, Kweisi (D, MD-7) — sponsor · 2026-02-12
- Scott, David (D, GA-13) — cosponsor
- Strickland, Marilyn (D, WA-10) — cosponsor
- Kelly, Robin L. (D, IL-2) — cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D, MI-13) — cosponsor
- Cleaver, Emanuel (D, MO-5) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2026-02-12 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Scott, David | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Strickland, Marilyn | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Kelly, Robin L. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Thanedar, Shri | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Cleaver, Emanuel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-02-12 | Mfume, Kweisi | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mfume, Kweisi (D, house MD-7) | sponsor | 1 | — | 6 |
| 2 | Kelly, Robin L. (D, house IL-2) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 3 | Cleaver, Emanuel (D, house MO-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Scott, David (D, house GA-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Strickland, Marilyn (D, house WA-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Thanedar, Shri (D, house MI-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cordish companies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 2 | self | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,750 | $3,750 |
| 3 | incite.org | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 4 | thegroup | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 5 | becu | 0 | $0 | 3 | $2,580 | $2,580 |
| 6 | sound credit union | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2,515 | $2,515 |
| 7 | gowest credit union association | 0 | $0 | 3 | $2,250 | $2,250 |
| 8 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 4 | $2,025 | $2,025 |
| 9 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 4 | $1,540 | $1,540 |
| 10 | grant capital management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 11 | tension corp. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 12 | retired | 0 | $0 | 10 | $1,455 | $1,455 |
| 13 | gallagher, evelius & jones llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 14 | johns hopkins university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 15 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 13 | $935 | $935 |
| 16 | tapco credit union | 0 | $0 | 1 | $516 | $516 |
| 17 | abrams, foster, nole & williams, p.a. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 18 | carefirst | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 19 | morgan state university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 20 | pen-mar llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 21 | arnold & porter | 0 | $0 | 1 | $300 | $300 |
| 22 | ee overton | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 23 | capitol hill consulting group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 24 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 25 | thurgood marshall college fund | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
6 predicted yes (1%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 257 unknown (47%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 6 yes / 0 no / 257 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
6 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Mfume, Kweisi (D · house · MD-7) · sponsor
- Cleaver, Emanuel (D · house · MO-5) · cosponsor
- Kelly, Robin L. (D · house · IL-2) · cosponsor
- Scott, David (D · house · GA-13) · cosponsor
- Strickland, Marilyn (D · house · WA-10) · cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D · house · MI-13) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Strickland, Marilyn (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cleaver, Emanuel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Thanedar, Shri (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Scott, David (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Kelly, Robin L. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-02-12 · sponsored by Mfume, Kweisi (sponsor) · sponsorship