3.0.0 8295 2023-01-11T13:44:57Z 2023-01-11T13:44:57Z House HR 2020-09-17 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 161 (Thursday, September 17, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. DeLAURO:H.R. 8295.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with thepower to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and amongthe several states, and with the Indian tribes.''[Page H4542]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-09-17T13:01:45Z Educating for Democracy Act of 2020 116 4928 S 2020-11-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2020-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2020-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 N C001053 Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] Tom Cole R OK 4 2020-09-17 True J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2020-09-17 True T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2020-09-17 True E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 18 2020-09-21 False S001204 Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] Michael San Nicolas D GU F. Q. 0 2020-09-23 False C000754 Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] JAMES COOPER D TN H. 5 2020-10-23 False C001097 Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] Tony Cárdenas D CA 29 2020-10-30 False S001205 Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] Mary Scanlon D PA Gay 5 2020-11-12 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2020-12-14 False K000382 Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] Ann Kuster D NH M. 2 2020-12-14 False C001084 Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] David Cicilline D RI N. 1 2020-12-14 False Education Academic performance and assessments Civics education Disability and paralysis Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Foreign language and bilingual programs Government studies and investigations Higher education Minority education Research administration and funding Rural conditions and development State and local government operations Tax-exempt organizations Teaching, teachers, curricula U.S. history Urban and suburban affairs and development Women's education Education 00 2020-09-17 Introduced in House 2021-01-14T18:15:57Z Educating for Democracy Act of 2020

This bill authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to states, qualified nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and qualified researchers to support and expand access to American civics and history education. It also requires the National Assessment of Educational Progress in civics and history to be administered every two years to certain grade levels.

]]> Educating for Democracy Act of 2020 Display Title Educating for Democracy Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Educating for Democracy Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support educational programs in American civics and history, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8295ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8295ih.xml 2020-09-17 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.