3.0.0 3591 2023-01-11T13:18:04Z 2023-01-11T13:18:04Z House H HR 2009-09-17 111 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2009-11-16T21:09:50Z Referred to 2009-09-17T14:05:48Z 2009-11-16 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Committee 2009-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2009-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 N N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2009-09-17 True C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2009-09-17 True W000794 Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] Diane Watson D CA E. 33 2009-09-17 True R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 15 2009-09-17 True M001148 Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17] Kendrick Meek D FL B. 17 2009-09-17 True W000187 Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] MAXINE WATERS D CA 35 2009-09-17 True P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2009-09-17 True C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2009-09-17 True W000207 Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12] MELVIN WATT D NC 12 2009-09-17 True Education Constitution and constitutional amendments Education programs funding Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Elementary and secondary education State and local government operations Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2009-09-17 Introduced in House 2009-09-24T19:35:25Z Constitution and Citizenship Day Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Constitution Day Grant Program awarding competitive grants to local educational agencies and charter schools to commemorate, and enhance educational programs that teach students about, the U.S. Constitution and their state constitution.

Requires such program to occur annually on Constitution Day, September 17, or the following Monday if that day falls on a weekend, and give students the ability to register to vote.

]]> Constitution and Citizenship Day Act of 2009 Display Title Constitution and Citizenship Day Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To establish a grant program to enhance existing secondary education programs for the purpose of teaching high school students about the Constitution of the United States and the constitutions of the individual States. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Constitution and Citizenship Day Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-09-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3591ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3591ih.xml 2009-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. text/xml EN 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress 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.