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H.R. 4994: No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act

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H.R. 4994: No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-08-10 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-08-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act

Plain summary

No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act This bill prohibits federal funds from being used for the creation, maintenance, or display of any Confederate symbol on federal public land or other federal property. An exception to such prohibition is provided (1) if the use of such funds is necessary to allow for the removal of the Confederate symbol to address public safety; or (2) in the case of a Confederate symbol created, maintained, or displayed in a museum or educational exhibit.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] · 37 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Dwight Evans (D-PA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), André Carson (D-IN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] reported raising $2.9 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr4994 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117