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Italian Heroes and Heritage Act
To prohibit Federal funds from being provided to any State or local government that celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for any State or local government that celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day. The prohibition applies beginning one year after October 13, 2025, and continues for each Columbus Day thereafter. The bill expresses that October 13th should continue to be observed as Columbus Day to honor Italian-American heritage and Christopher Columbus. The bill includes historical findings about Columbus Day's establishment in 1892 and the Italian-Americans commemorated in its creation.
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- Oct 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
- Oct 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 10, 2025
Mr. Rulli introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To prohibit Federal funds from being provided to any State or local government that celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day, and for other purposes.
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 “Italian Heroes and Heritage Act”.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Christopher Columbus set sail 533 years ago in 1492 to bravely cross the Atlantic Ocean and discovered new land that would soon after become known as America.
(2) President Benjamin Harrison founded Christopher Columbus day in 1892 to honor Christopher Columbus’s voyage and the 11 Italian-Americans murdered by a New Orleans lynch mob due to suspicion and hatred of Italian-Americans.
(3) The 11 people brutally murdered were Italian-American cobbler Pietro Monasterio; fruit importer Joseph P. Macheca; fruit peddlers Antonio Bagnetto, Antonio Marchesi, Antonio Scaffidi; rice plantation laborer Charles Traina; stevedores James Caruso and Rocco Geraci; street vendor Emmanuele Polizzi; tinsmith Loreto Comitis; and ward politician Frank Romero.
(b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that October 13th should continue to be celebrated nationwide as Christopher Columbus Day, as it has been since 1892, to honor our Italian-American heritage and our forefather, Christopher Columbus, who helped to discover this great land.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING FEDERAL FUNDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT CELEBRATE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY INSTEAD OF COLUMBUS DAY.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the 1-year period beginning after October 13, 2025, and each Columbus Day (as described in section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code) thereafter, no Federal funds may be obligated, expended, or otherwise dispursed to any State or unit of local government that celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day in lieu of Columbus Day. <all>
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