H.R. 6805 · 117th Congress

African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act

Introduced on Feb 22, 2022 by Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12). 12 cosponsors, 4 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 28, 2022): Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 22, 2022
Cosponsors
12
4 from the other party
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title 54, United States Code, to establish within the National Park Service the United States African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Program, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Cemeteries and funerals
  • Department of the Interior
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Historic sites and heritage areas
  • Monuments and memorials
  • Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Research administration and funding
  • U.S. history

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 22, 2022). Public domain.

African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish the United States African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Program within the National Park Service (NPS).

In carrying out the program, Interior may make grants to other federal agencies; state, local, and tribal governments; other public entities; educational institutions; historic preservation groups; and private nonprofit organizations for

  • the identification of historic African-American burial grounds,
  • the preservation and restoration of African-American burial grounds,
  • the interpretation of African-American burial grounds, and
  • related research and documentation for historic African-American burial grounds.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Alma S. AdamsD-NC-12Sponsor

Democrats · 8

Republicans · 4

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Feb 22, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Feb 22, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Feb 22, 2022 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  4. Mar 2, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
  5. Apr 28, 2022 · HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. THE CHEMOURS COMPANY2 reports
    $780K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE CHEMOURS CO FC LLC$4.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%

Reports filed in 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.