The Charter of the ACM History Committee was last updated in March 2025. The mission statement for the committee reads as follows:

The ACM History Committee (herein referred to as the Committee) is chartered to promote, preserve, and interpret the place of ACM in the global history of computing. This shall include critical ways in which, in the context of ACM as a whole or its SIGs or its Councils and Boards, members of ACM, its SIGs, or the general computing community have published papers, have held conferences and workshops, have performed other activities, or have been recognized for accomplishments that have contributed to the vitality and growth of computing technology and its impact to science, industry, and society at large.

The committee will also provide guidance within ACM about creating histories of key ACM subunits and events.