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S. 1702 (IS) - Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History Act
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/1:
- Congress Number
- 118th Congress
- Congress Session
- 1st Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- May 18, 2023
- Action
- Ms. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Smith, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Luján) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Bill Number
- S. 1702
- Bill Version
- Introduced in Senate (IS)
- Short Title
- Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History Act
- Full Title
- To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs that include the history of peoples of Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander descent in the settling and founding of America, the social, economic, and political environments that led to the development of discriminatory laws targeting Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders and their relation to current events, and the impact and contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the development and enhancement of American life, United States history, literature, the economy, politics, body of laws, and culture, and for other purposes.
- Sponsors
- Mazie K. Hirono(HI)
- Cosponsors
- Cory A. Booker (NJ); Catherine Cortez Masto (NV); Dianne Feinstein (CA); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (NY); Amy Klobuchar (MN); Alex Padilla (CA); Jacky Rosen (NV); Tina Smith (MN); Elizabeth Warren (MA); Ben Ray Lujan (NM)
- Committees
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Standing)
- United States Code Reference
- 20 U.S.C. 6661, 6662, 6663 and 9622