S 3953 — African American History Act of 2026
Congress 119 · introduced 2026-02-26
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Sponsors (2)
- Booker, Cory A. (D, NJ-S) — sponsor · 2026-02-26
- Van Hollen, Chris (D, MD-S) — cosponsor
Action timeline (2)
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in Senate · 2026-02-26 — open
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
Congressional Research Service briefs (1)
CRS reports that cite this bill in their relatedMaterials — what Congress was reading on the topic. Click any report for its summary, formats, and bill-citation walk.
- Smithsonian Institution: Selected Legislation, 119th Congress
IF12987· Resources · 2026-02-17This In Focus discusses enacted and proposed legislation to authorize new facilities, relationships, or programming within the Smithsonian Institution in the 119th Congress (2025-2026) to date. It excludes discussion of
Connected on the graph
3 typed relationships in the influence graph — 2 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
cited in report (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | IF12987 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials |
cosponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Van Hollen, Chris | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
sponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | ← | Booker, Cory A. | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Booker, Cory A. (D, senate NJ) | sponsor | 4 | — | 9 |
| 2 | Van Hollen, Chris (D, senate MD) | cosponsor | 5 | — | 6 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 8,246 | $2,811,755 | $2,811,755 |
| 2 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 1,031 | $504,156 | $504,156 |
| 3 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 75 | $99,891 | $99,891 |
| 4 | self | 0 | $0 | 39 | $37,100 | $37,100 |
| 5 | exelon | 0 | $0 | 16 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 6 | kbtv | 0 | $0 | 2 | $13,200 | $13,200 |
| 7 | bain capital | 0 | $0 | 2 | $12,800 | $12,800 |
| 8 | wells fargo | 0 | $0 | 8 | $12,428 | $12,428 |
| 9 | zeena llc | 0 | $0 | 2 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 10 | apollo | 0 | $0 | 4 | $10,700 | $10,700 |
| 11 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 9 | $10,250 | $10,250 |
| 12 | actum llc | 0 | $0 | 4 | $9,000 | $9,000 |
| 13 | mei | 0 | $0 | 2 | $9,000 | $9,000 |
| 14 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 2 | $8,800 | $8,800 |
| 15 | stanford university | 0 | $0 | 7 | $8,334 | $8,334 |
| 16 | basha diagnostics | 0 | $0 | 2 | $8,000 | $8,000 |
| 17 | blackstone | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,750 | $7,750 |
| 18 | prudential | 0 | $0 | 4 | $7,650 | $7,650 |
| 19 | prudential financial | 0 | $0 | 4 | $7,500 | $7,500 |
| 20 | uw | 0 | $0 | 2 | $7,250 | $7,250 |
| 21 | nokia | 0 | $0 | 3 | $7,250 | $7,250 |
| 22 | lifebridge health | 0 | $0 | 8 | $7,250 | $7,250 |
| 23 | 0 | $0 | 10 | $7,146 | $7,146 | |
| 24 | cornell institute for healthy futures | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 25 | covington & burling llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
2 predicted yes (0%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 261 unknown (48%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 2 yes / 0 no / 261 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
2 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Booker, Cory A. (D · senate · NJ) · sponsor
- Van Hollen, Chris (D · senate · MD) · cosponsor
Timeline
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; the inline strip under the row shows the counterpart's own context (a bill's latest action, a hearing's chamber + date, a filing's form type + filed date, a clip's source + excerpt) so the timeline reads like a Wikipedia citation rail.
- 2026-05-23 · Cited in GAO report IF12987 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Van Hollen, Chris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-02-26 · sponsored by Booker, Cory A. (sponsor) · sponsorship