3.0.0 2024 2022-11-01T13:50:50Z 2022-11-01T13:50:50Z Senate S 2019-06-27 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-27T18:57:43Z USA Civics Act of 2020 116 5810 HR 2020-02-07 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2019-06-27 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-06-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-06-27 True K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2019-07-31 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-07-31 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2019-09-09 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-09-09 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2019-09-16 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-09-17 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2019-12-12 False Education Civics education Education programs funding Higher education Political movements and philosophies Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Teaching, teachers, curricula U.S. history Education 00 2019-06-27 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-31T18:37:04Z Understanding and Studying American Civics Act of 2019 or the USA Civics Act of 2019

This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises the American History for Freedom grant program.

The bill renames the program as the American Civics Education Program.

The bill authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) once every three years to establish or strengthen academic programs to promote American political thought and history; the history, achievements, and impact of American representative democracy and constitutional democracies globally; and the means of participation in political and civic life. Currently, such grants are awarded to IHEs for three years and are focused on traditional American history and the history and achievements of Western civilization.

IHEs may use grants to support additional activities, such as collaborating with federal or state humanities programs and using open educational resources.

]]> USA Civics Act of 2019 Display Title USA Civics Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced USA Civics Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Understanding and Studying American Civics Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the American History for Freedom grant program. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2024is/xml/BILLS-116s2024is.xml 2019-06-27 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.