Bill lets a group build a Tuskegee Airmen memorial in D.C.
H.R. 9849 — Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Act of 2026 · Filed by Shomari Figures (D-AL) · 49 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill says Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. can build a monument to honor the Tuskegee Airmen from World War II. The monument will stand on federal land in Washington, D.C. The group must raise all the money from private donors. No federal money can be used. Any extra money goes to the Interior Department or National Park Foundation. That money helps care for memorials in the future.
Who it affects
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. gets to build the memorial. All people can visit the memorial once it is built. Taxpayers pay nothing because the bill bans federal money.
One thing to notice
The group has seven years to build the memorial. The Secretary of Interior or GSA must approve the design and location.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
49 cosponsors: 33 Democrats, 16 Republicans.
- Jul 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Budget and House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Tuskegee Airmen — Black pilots and crew members who flew planes for the U.S. military in World War II.
- federal land — Land owned by the U.S. government.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,564 characters) on Aug 20, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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