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H.R. 7627: Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act of 2022

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H.R. 7627: Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2022-04-28 · Arts, Culture, Religion · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-04-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-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 House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.

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Official title

Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act of 2022

Plain summary

Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act of 2022 This bill establishes an Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Program to increase engagement with public and nonprofit entities (including faith-based and community-based organizations that serve and are led by people of color) in supporting arts and humanities projects that directly combat systemic racism through the arts and humanities. The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities shall carry out this program. The bill also provides for a competitive grant program for the creation and expansion of programs to support public and nonprofit arts and humanities organizations that directly combat systemic racism through the arts and humanities.

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Official text

Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · 38 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

James P. McGovern (D-MA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Peter Welch (D-VT), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Endowment
A fund that is invested so its earnings pay for a purpose over time, while the main amount is kept.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr7627 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117