Which federal body coordinates the United States' America250 anniversary plans?

The United States Semiquincentennial Commission coordinates the federal planning for America250.

Congress created the commission to promote and coordinate the 250th anniversary of American independence. Its work includes connecting federal agencies, state and local organizers, cultural institutions, and private partners involved in the nationwide commemoration.

The commission is a congressional body rather than a museum, historical society, or ordinary executive-branch department. It works under the America250 identity and has a related nonprofit partner, the America250 Foundation. The commission’s official planning began years before the anniversary itself so that events, educational programs, and commemorative projects could be organized across the country.

Its name is sometimes shortened in news coverage to “the 250 Commission” or “America250 commission.” Those descriptions refer to the same national coordinating body, not to the Continental Congress that approved independence in 1776.