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Native Arts and Culture Promotion Act

To amend the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act.

Introduced Nov 21, 2025

Latest action (Nov 21, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Referred to
Education and Workforce Committee
Policy area
Native Americans
Issues
Civil Rights

Summary
  • Amends the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act to modify governance and grant provisions for Native Hawaiian art and culture programs.
  • Requires the governing board for Native Hawaiian art and culture grants to include Native Hawaiians and individuals widely recognized in the field of Native Hawaiian art and culture.
  • Establishes that members of the governing board for Native Hawaiian art and culture grants shall serve for a fixed term.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Jill N. Tokuda’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • MATSON INC $16,300
  • Employer not reported $14,100
  • KAIMANA HILA $8,800
  • UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII $7,910
  • ALPHA INC $7,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jill N. Tokuda → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Nov 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
  2. Nov 21, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 3375 — Native Arts and Culture Promotion Act · Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 94%
  • HR 4276 — To amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes. · Introduced Nov 19, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • S 612 — A bill to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes. · Passed Senate Dec 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 4084 — To amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to provide for Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes. · Introduced Sep 23, 1996 · Cong. 104 70%
  • HR 3610 — Parity for Native Hawaiian Veterans Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 7698 — Tribal Firearm Access Act · Introduced Feb 25, 2026 · Cong. 119 68%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Nov 21, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 21, 2025

Ms. Tokuda (for herself and Mr. Case) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To amend the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act.

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 “Native Arts and Culture Promotion Act”.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE AND ART DEVELOPMENT ACT.

Section 1521 of the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act (20 U.S.C. 4441) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking “private,”; and

(2) in subsection (c)—

(A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:

“(2) For any grants made with respect to Native Hawaiian art and culture, the members of the governing board which is required to be established under paragraph (1) shall—

“(A) include Native Hawaiians and individuals widely recognized in the field of Native Hawaiian art and culture, and

“(B) serve for a fixed term.”; and

(B) in paragraph (3)—

(i) in subparagraph (A), striking the comma at the end and inserting “, and”;

(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and

(iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). <all>

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