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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California:H.R. 1109.Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall havePower to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,to pay the debts and provide for the common Defense andgeneral Welfare of the United States; but all duties, Impostsand Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall havePower to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and amongthe several States, and with the Indian Tribes.[Page H1906]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Global Education Nexus in U.S. Act or GENIUS Act - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education to: (1) assist the Secretary of Education in administering this Act's grant program, and (2) develop an international education research repository and make it available to states and local educational agencies (LEAs).</p> <p>Directs the Secretary, acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary, to award competitive grants to LEAs, or partnerships between LEAs and private organizations or institutions of higher education that provide their LEA partners with funding, to promote international education in elementary and secondary schools. </p> <p>Requires each grantee to use: (1) one-half of its grant on enhancing international education within core curricula, such as by increasing teacher competency; and (2) the other half on providing supplemental international education services outside of normal instruction hours.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to conduct a biennial independent evaluation of such international education programs.</p>]]></text>
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