3.0.0 1086 2020-02-10T17:06:55Z 2020-02-10T17:06:55Z Senate S S 2011-05-26 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-05-26T15:27:54Z Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act 112 2152 HR 2011-09-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Identical bill CRS 2011-05-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-05-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3431) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2011-05-26 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2012-02-16 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2012-02-16 False G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2012-03-01 False B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. 2012-03-01 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2012-03-08 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2012-03-08 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2012-03-21 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2012-03-21 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2012-04-17 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2012-04-24 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2012-04-24 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2012-05-10 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2012-06-14 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2012-11-29 False Social Welfare Athletes Disability and paralysis Education programs funding Higher education Olympic games Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Social Welfare 00 2011-05-26 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-23T20:38:11Z Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act - Reauthorizes the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 for FY2012-FY2016.

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 people without disabilities, (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 Short Titles as Introduced 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 2011-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1086is/xml/BILLS-112s1086is.xml 2011-05-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.