S. 5463 — National American History and Founders Month Act

This section sets forth congressional findings on the decline in civics education, with only 13 percent of eighth graders proficient in United States history and 22 percent proficient in civics per the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress. It highlights the role of a National American History and Founders Month in November in preserving founding documents, encouraging educational programs, and extending traditions of unity tied to Thanksgiving proclamations by Presidents Washington and Lincoln.

This section requests the President to designate a month each year as National American History and Founders Month and calls on the chief executive officers of each state, the District of Columbia, and each territory and possession to issue annual proclamations encouraging programs, ceremonies, and activities that enhance civics education and historical literacy.