Sponsor
Eric Stephen Schmitt
Senator · R-MO
Senator · R-MO
The bill ceremonially codifies and publishes the Declaration for the 250th anniversary—giving educators and the public an official text—while trading away potential legislative time and producing no new legal rights or funding.
All Americans (including taxpayers) gain an official, verbatim reproduction and formal reaffirmation of the Declaration of Independence in federal law for the 250th anniversary, providing an authoritative national statement.
Teachers and students get an authoritative text to use in 250th‑anniversary educational and commemorative activities, supporting classroom instruction and public programming.
The bill creates no new obligations, entitlements, or federal spending — it provides symbolic recognition without adding costs or regulatory burdens.
Groups seeking new legal remedies or expanded rights receive no practical legal changes or protections; the enactment is symbolic rather than rights‑creating.
The measure uses limited congressional attention and legislative space for symbolic reproduction rather than substantive lawmaking or funding priorities (opportunity cost).
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Reaffirms the Declaration of Independence as an Organic Law and republishes its full 1776 text for the 250th anniversary; creates no new duties or spending.
Official title: Reaffirm the Declaration of Independence as an Organic Law of the United States.
Introduced June 18, 2026 by Eric Stephen Schmitt · Last progress June 23, 2026
Reaffirms and re-adopts the 1776 Declaration of Independence as an Organic Law and the enduring charter of American independence, natural rights, equal citizenship, and government by consent. The bill is declarative and symbolic: it reproduces the full 1776 text for commemoration of the 250th anniversary and states policy without creating new legal duties, funding, or changes to the U.S. Code. The measure does not authorize spending, impose obligations on federal or state agencies, or amend existing statutes; it is primarily ceremonial and educational in purpose.