I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4730 
To codify Executive Order 14253 relating to restoring truth and sanity 
to American history, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2025 
Mr. SELF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on House Ad-
ministration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To codify Executive Order 14253 relating to restoring truth 
and sanity to American history, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring Truth and 
Sanity to American History Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 14253. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Over the past decade, Americans have wit-
nessed a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite 
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our Nation’s history, replacing objective facts with a 
distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than 
truth. This revisionist movement seeks to undermine 
the remarkable achievements of the United States by 
casting its founding principles and historical mile-
stones in a negative light. Under this historical revi-
sion, our Nation’s unparalleled legacy of advancing 
liberty, individual rights, and human happiness is re-
constructed as inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, 
or otherwise irredeemably flawed. Rather than fos-
tering unity and a deeper understanding of our 
shared past, the widespread effort to rewrite history 
deepens societal divides and fosters a sense of na-
tional shame, disregarding the progress America has 
made and the ideals that continue to inspire millions 
around the globe. 
(2) The prior administration advanced this cor-
rosive ideology. At Independence National Historical 
Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—where our Na-
tion declared that all men are created equal—the 
prior administration sponsored training by an orga-
nization that advocates dismantling ‘‘Western foun-
dations’’ and ‘‘interrogating institutional racism’’ 
and pressured National Historical Park rangers that 
their racial identity should dictate how they convey 
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history to visiting Americans because America is 
purportedly racist. 
(3) Once widely respected as a symbol of Amer-
ican excellence and a global icon of cultural achieve-
ment, the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent 
years, come under the influence of a divisive, race- 
centered ideology. This shift has promoted nar-
ratives that portray American and Western values as 
inherently harmful and oppressive. For example, the 
Smithsonian American Art Museum today features 
‘‘The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American 
Sculpture’’, an exhibit representing that ‘‘[s]ocieties 
including the United States have used race to estab-
lish and maintain systems of power, privilege, and 
disenfranchisement.’’ The exhibit further claims that 
‘‘sculpture has been a powerful tool in promoting 
scientific racism’’ and promotes the view that race is 
not a biological reality but a social construct, stating 
‘‘Race is a human invention’’. 
(4) The National Museum of African American 
History and Culture has proclaimed that ‘‘hard 
work’’, ‘‘individualism’’, and ‘‘the nuclear family’’ 
are aspects of ‘‘White culture’’. The forthcoming 
Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum 
plans on celebrating the exploits of male athletes 
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