American Stories Act

#4058 | S Congress #119

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Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (3/11/2026)

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4058 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4058

  To authorize the National Foundation for the Arts and the National 
Foundation for the Humanities to support activities for the purpose of 
    broadening public understanding of civics and the United States 
                             Constitution.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 11, 2026

    Mr. Kim introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the National Foundation for the Arts and the National 
Foundation for the Humanities to support activities for the purpose of 
    broadening public understanding of civics and the United States 
                             Constitution.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Stories Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
              HUMANITIES ACT OF 1965.

    (a) National Endowment for the Arts.--Section 5(c) of the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
954(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
            ``(10) projects, productions, and workshops through film, 
        radio, video, and similar media, for the purpose of broadening 
        public understanding of civics and the United States 
        Constitution; and''.
    (b) National Endowment for the Humanities.--Section 7(c) of the 
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 956(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
            ``(10) foster projects, productions, and workshops through 
        film, radio, video, and similar media, for the purpose of 
        broadening public understanding of civics and the United States 
        Constitution; and''.
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