3.0.0 3293 2023-01-11T13:20:15Z 2023-01-11T13:20:15Z Senate S S 2010-04-29 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-04-29T22:42:09Z Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act 111 5190 HR 2010-05-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Identical bill CRS Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act 111 5220 HR 2010-05-20 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2010-04-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2809-2811) IntroReferral 2010-04-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (S2808-2809) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-04-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2010-04-29 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2010-04-29 True R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2010-04-29 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2010-04-29 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2010-04-29 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2010-04-29 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2010-04-29 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2010-04-29 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2010-04-29 True J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2010-04-29 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2010-05-20 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2010-07-14 False K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2010-09-22 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2010-09-29 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2010-12-15 False Health Athletes Community life and organization Disability and health-based discrimination Disability and paralysis Education programs funding Health care quality Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Higher education Medical research Mental health Olympic games Health 00 2010-04-29 Introduced in Senate 2010-05-19T19:56:58Z Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act - Reauthorizes the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 for FY2011-FY2015.

Directs the Secretary of State to act through the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs in awarding grants or entering agreements with Special Olympics for activities outside the United States. Includes community-based prevention among the activities for which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants or enter into agreements with Special Olympics. Requires grant or agreement applications to include a description of specific measurable annual benchmarks, as well as long-term goals and objectives, to be achieved through specified activities, which must include: (1) activities to increase the full participation of people with intellectual disabilities in inclusive school and community activities with nondisabled people; (2) education programs that dispel negative stereotypes about people with intellectual disabilities; and (3) activities to increase the participation of people with intellectual disabilities in Special Olympics outside of the United States. Requires annual reports by Special Olympics to describe demographic data about Special Olympics participants.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements to promote the expansion of Best Buddies, including activities to increase the participation of people with intellectual disabilities in social relationships and other aspects of community life, including education and employment, within the United States.

Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education to establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact. Requires recipients to use grant funds to advance the quality of life and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities through research and evaluation, technical assistance, training, data collection, evaluation, collaboration, and dissemination of evidence-based best practices.

]]> Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act Display Title Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, to provide assistance to Best Buddies to support the expansion and development of mentoring programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act Introduced in Senate 2010-04-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3293is/xml/BILLS-111s3293is.xml 2010-04-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2809-2811) 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.