Indigenous Peoples’ Day Act
Latest action · Sep 28, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
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.
- IntroducedSep 28, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Indigenous Peoples' Day Act
This bill designates Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal public holiday in lieu of Columbus Day.
Cosponsors 86
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 28, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Original | Sep 28, 2023 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Sep 28, 2023 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Sep 28, 2023 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Oct 10, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Oct 10, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Oct 10, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Oct 10, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Oct 10, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Oct 10, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Oct 10, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Oct 10, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Oct 13, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Oct 13, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Oct 13, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Nov 6, 2023 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Nov 13, 2023 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Nov 13, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Dec 6, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Jan 29, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Feb 13, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Sep 28, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 28, 2023Introduced in House
- Sep 28, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
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. 169, no. 158, September 28, 2023, page H4857.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5473 | Indigenous Peoples’ Day Act | Reintroduction of | Sep 30, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To designate Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal public holiday and replace the term "Columbus Day" with the term "Indigenous Peoples' Day", and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Indigenous Peoples’ Day Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 28, 2023Introduced 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.
