<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<billStatus>
  <version>3.0.0</version>
  <bill>
    <number>2365</number>
    <updateDate>2023-01-11T14:50:57Z</updateDate>
    <updateDateIncludingText>2023-01-11T14:50:57Z</updateDateIncludingText>
    <originChamber>Senate</originChamber>
    <originChamberCode>S</originChamberCode>
    <type>S</type>
    <introducedDate>2007-11-15</introducedDate>
    <congress>110</congress>
    <committees>
      <item>
        <systemCode>sshr00</systemCode>
        <name>Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee</name>
        <chamber>Senate</chamber>
        <type>Standing</type>
        <activities>
          <item>
            <name>Referred to</name>
            <date>2007-11-15T20:25:03Z</date>
          </item>
        </activities>
      </item>
    </committees>
    <actions>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2007-11-15</actionDate>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>sshr00</systemCode>
            <name>Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
        <sourceSystem>
          <name>Senate</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <text>Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.</text>
        <type>IntroReferral</type>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2007-11-15</actionDate>
        <text>Introduced in Senate</text>
        <type>IntroReferral</type>
        <actionCode>10000</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>9</code>
          <name>Library of Congress</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
    </actions>
    <sponsors>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>G000359</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]</fullName>
        <firstName>Lindsey</firstName>
        <lastName>Graham</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>SC</state>
        <isByRequest>N</isByRequest>
      </item>
    </sponsors>
    <cosponsors>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>I000024</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]</fullName>
        <firstName>Jim</firstName>
        <lastName>Inhofe</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>OK</state>
        <sponsorshipDate>2007-11-15</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>True</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>B000953</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]</fullName>
        <firstName>SAM</firstName>
        <lastName>BROWNBACK</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>KS</state>
        <sponsorshipDate>2007-11-15</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>True</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>D000595</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]</fullName>
        <firstName>James</firstName>
        <lastName>DeMint</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>SC</state>
        <middleName>W.</middleName>
        <sponsorshipDate>2007-11-15</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>True</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>E000194</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]</fullName>
        <firstName>JOHN</firstName>
        <lastName>ENSIGN</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>NV</state>
        <sponsorshipDate>2007-11-15</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>True</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>C000560</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]</fullName>
        <firstName>TOM</firstName>
        <lastName>COBURN</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>OK</state>
        <sponsorshipDate>2007-11-15</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>True</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>C000286</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]</fullName>
        <firstName>SAXBY</firstName>
        <lastName>CHAMBLISS</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>GA</state>
        <sponsorshipDate>2007-11-16</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>False</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
    </cosponsors>
    <policyArea>
      <name>Education</name>
    </policyArea>
    <subjects>
      <legislativeSubjects>
        <item>
          <name>Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Civil actions and liability</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Damages</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Economics and Public Finance</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Educational accountability</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Educational research</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Educational surveys</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Elementary and secondary education</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Elementary education</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Families</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Federal aid to education</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Fines (Penalties)</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Law</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Legal fees</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Liability (Law)</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Parent and child</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Parent-school relationships</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Preschool education</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Punitive damages</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Right of privacy</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Science, Technology, Communications</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Secondary education</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Sex</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Sex education</name>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Students' rights</name>
        </item>
      </legislativeSubjects>
      <policyArea>
        <name>Education</name>
      </policyArea>
    </subjects>
    <summaries>
      <summary>
        <versionCode>00</versionCode>
        <actionDate>2007-11-15</actionDate>
        <actionDesc>Introduced in Senate</actionDesc>
        <updateDate>2008-05-06T13:37:55Z</updateDate>
        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Parents' Rights Empowerment and Protection Act (PREP Act) - Requires each preschool and elementary and secondary school that receives federal funds to obtain the affirmative, informed, written consent of a child's parent before requesting information from, or conveying information to, such child on topics relating to sex or sexuality.</p><p>Requires parents, upon their request, to be given an opportunity to review such information as well as a description of the context of, and need for, its request or conveyance.</p><p>Subjects individuals and schools to civil liability and fines for violating these consent and disclosure requirements. </p><p>Makes noncompliant schools ineligible for federal funds for one year following a violation.</p><p>Amends the General Education Provisions Act to direct administrators of surveys, analyses, or evaluations that require students to reveal certain personal or familial information to obtain the prior consent of adult or emancipated students and prior written consent of minor students' parents.</p>]]></text>
      </summary>
    </summaries>
    <title>Parents' Rights Empowerment and Protection Act (PREP Act)</title>
    <titles>
      <item>
        <titleType>Display Title</titleType>
        <title>Parents' Rights Empowerment and Protection Act (PREP Act)</title>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Official Title as Introduced</titleType>
        <title>A bill to require educational institutions that receive Federal funds to obtain the affirmative, informed, written consent of a parent before providing a student information regarding sex, to provide parents the opportunity to review such information, and for other purposes.</title>
        <billTextVersionName>Introduced in Senate</billTextVersionName>
        <billTextVersionCode>IS</billTextVersionCode>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Short Titles as Introduced</titleType>
        <title>Parents' Rights Empowerment and Protection Act (PREP Act)</title>
      </item>
    </titles>
    <textVersions>
      <item>
        <type>Introduced in Senate</type>
        <date>2007-11-15T05:00:00Z</date>
        <formats>
          <item>
            <url>https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2365is/xml/BILLS-110s2365is.xml</url>
          </item>
        </formats>
      </item>
    </textVersions>
    <latestAction>
      <actionDate>2007-11-15</actionDate>
      <text>Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.</text>
    </latestAction>
  </bill>
  <dublinCore xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
    <dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
    <dc:language>EN</dc:language>
    <dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
    <dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
    <dc:description>This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.</dc:description>
  </dublinCore>
</billStatus>
