3.0.0 3119 2022-11-01T06:47:29Z 2022-11-01T06:47:29Z House HR 2019-06-05 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 94 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. BROWNLEY of California:H.R. 3119.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section VIII of the U.S. Constitution[Page H4344]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-06-05T13:02:50Z BEST Act 116 3328 S 2020-02-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2019-06-05 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-06-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-06-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 N C001112 Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] Salud Carbajal D CA O. 24 2019-06-05 True N000179 Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] GRACE NAPOLITANO D CA F. 32 2019-06-05 True C001097 Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] Tony Cárdenas D CA 29 2019-06-05 True L000559 Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] JAMES LANGEVIN D RI R. 2 2019-06-05 True C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] Judy Chu D CA 27 2019-06-10 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2019-06-27 False C001123 Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39] Gilbert Cisneros D CA Ray 39 2019-07-23 False S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 38 2019-07-25 False S000248 Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15] JOSE SERRANO D NY E. 15 2019-07-30 False J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2019-08-06 False T000481 Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13] Rashida Tlaib D MI 13 2019-08-09 False M001160 Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] Gwen Moore D WI 4 2019-08-09 False P000613 Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20] Jimmy Panetta D CA 20 2019-08-09 False M001207 Rep. Mucarsel-Powell, Debbie [D-FL-26] Debbie Mucarsel-Powell D FL 26 2019-08-09 False P000034 Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] FRANK PALLONE D NJ 6 2019-08-13 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2019-08-16 False S001200 Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] Darren Soto D FL 9 2019-08-30 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2019-09-17 False L000570 Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] Ben Lujan D NM R. 3 2019-10-30 False A000378 Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3] Cynthia Axne D IA 3 2020-01-13 False K000389 Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] Ro Khanna D CA 17 2020-02-03 False P000607 Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] Mark Pocan D WI 2 2020-02-10 False K000379 Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] Joseph Kennedy D MA P. 4 2020-02-13 False P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 2020-07-29 False Education Academic performance and assessments Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Foreign language and bilingual programs User charges and fees Education 00 2019-06-05 Introduced in House 2019-11-19T20:44:56Z Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching Act or the BEST Act

This bill directs the Department of Education to award renewable two-year grants to states to establish or improve, and carry out, Seal of Biliteracy programs to recognize student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in both English and a second language.

]]> BEST Act Display Title BEST Act Official Title as Introduced To award grants to States to establish or improve, and carry out a Seal of Biliteracy program to recognize high-level student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in both English and a second language. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced BEST Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr3119ih/xml/BILLS-116hr3119ih.xml 2019-06-05 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.