No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act
Latest action · Aug 20, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedAug 10, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 10, 2021 to Oct 4, 2022; 29 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Aug 10, 2021 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Aug 20, 2021 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Aug 10, 2021 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Aug 10, 2021 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Aug 11, 2021 | |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Aug 11, 2021 | |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Aug 11, 2021 | |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Aug 11, 2021 | |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Aug 11, 2021 | |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Aug 11, 2021 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Aug 11, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Aug 11, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Aug 11, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Aug 11, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Aug 11, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Aug 11, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Aug 10, 2021Introduced in House
- Aug 10, 2021Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 145, August 10, 2021, page H4325.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the use of Federal funds for Confederate symbols, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 10, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
