U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10791: Italian Heroes and Heritage Act
Status: In committee, October 9, 2026
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.
What the bill says
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.
From the introduced text, October 9, 2026:
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. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Italian Heroes and Heritage Act . SECTION 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings The Congress finds the following: (1) Christopher Columbus set sail 534 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 12th 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. SECTION 3. Prohibition on providing Federal funds to …
Sponsors
- Michael Rulli (R, HD-006) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays, Racial and ethnic relations, Intergovernmental relations, Government Operations and Politics
Common questions
- What is HB10791?
- HB10791 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Italian Heroes and Heritage Act.
- What does HB10791 do?
- In its own words: 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.
- What is the status of HB10791?
- In committee as of October 9, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (October 9, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10791?
- Michael Rulli (R, HD-006).
- Where is the official record for HB10791?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10791
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