District of Columbia Council Period 26 Status: Enacted

PR 26-0257 — African American Civil War Museum Limited Grant-Making Authority Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Last action — Resolution R26-0156, Effective from Jul 01, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 007713

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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced June 30, 2025. Enacted.

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Bill Text

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30 added · 34 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendments to Bill PR 26-0257 declare an emergency to grant the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development the authority to provide financial support to the African American Civil War Museum. This funding is essential to complete the museum's expansion, which reflects the community's need to better showcase the contributions of Black and brown soldiers in the Civil War. These changes ensure that the museum can continue fulfilling its role as an important educational resource, which attracts over 200,000 visitors each year.

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_____________________________ Councilmember Brianne K.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL A RESOLUTION 26-156 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA July 1, 2025 To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to authorize the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development to issue a grant to the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation, Inc.
Nadeau A PROPOSED RESOLUTION ______________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________ To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to authorize the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development to issue a grant to the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation, Inc.
6 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “African American Civil War Museum Limited Grant-Making Authority Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “African American Civil War Museum Limited Grant-Making Authority Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.
Grant funding is necessary close the funding gap experienced by the AACWM to build out the museum into the remainder of its facility.
Grant funding is necessary to close the funding gap experienced by the AACWM to build out the museum into the remainder of its facility.
The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances in Section 2 constitute emergency circumstances, making it necessary that the African American Civil War Museum Limited Grant-Making Authority Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading.
The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances, making it necessary that the African American Civil War Museum Limited Grant-Making Authority Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 be adopted after a single reading.
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Action History

  1. Resolution R26-0156, Effective from Jul 01, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 007713

  2. Approved with Resolution Number R26-0156

  3. Final Reading

  4. Retained by the Council

  5. PR26-0257 Introduced by Councilmember Nadeau at Office of the Secretary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 13 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (13)

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Votes

Final Reading

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11001
Total 11001
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (12)
Member Party Vote
Anita Bonds — Yea
Brianne K. Nadeau — Yea
Brooke Pinto — Yea
Charles Allen — Yea
Christina Henderson — Yea
Janeese Lewis George — Yea
Kenyan R. McDuffie — Yea
Matthew Frumin — Yea
Phil Mendelson — Yea
Robert C. White, Jr. — Yea
Wendell Felder — Not Voting
Zachary Parker — Yea

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Subjects

civil-rights
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PR 26-0257 is sponsored by Brianne K. Nadeau.
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