3.0.0
5047
2023-01-01T20:19:07Z
2023-01-01T20:19:07Z
House
HR
2021-08-17
117
[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 17, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOOD of Virginia:H.R. 5047.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18[Page H4338]
- hsed00
Education and the Workforce Committee
House
Standing
  - Referred to
2021-08-17T13:30:45Z

- Empowering Local Curriculum Act
117
2711
S
2021-08-11
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  - Identical bill
CRS
- 2021-08-17
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
  - hsed00
Education and the Workforce Committee
- 2021-08-17
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
Intro-H
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Library of Congress
- 2021-08-17
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
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9
Library of Congress
- G000595
Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Bob
Good
R
VA
5
N
- F000450
Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Virginia
Foxx
R
NC
5
2021-08-17
True
- O000086
Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
Burgess
Owens
R
UT
4
2021-08-17
True
- M001211
Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
Mary
Miller
R
IL
E.
15
2021-08-17
True
- H001086
Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1]
Diana
Harshbarger
R
TN
1
2021-08-17
True
- P000605
Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Scott
Perry
R
PA
10
2021-08-17
True
- D000615
Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Jeff
Duncan
R
SC
3
2021-08-17
True
- A000372
Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]
Rick
Allen
R
GA
W.
12
2021-08-17
True
- C001104
Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Madison
Cawthorn
R
NC
11
2021-08-17
True
- A000055
Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
ROBERT
ADERHOLT
R
AL
B.
4
2021-08-23
False
- G000590
Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Mark
Green
R
TN
E.
7
2021-08-23
False
- B001274
Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Mo
Brooks
R
AL
5
2021-08-23
False
- B001291
Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Brian
Babin
R
TX
36
2021-08-24
False
- G000576
Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Glenn
Grothman
R
WI
6
2021-08-24
False
- K000376
Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
Mike
Kelly
R
PA
16
2021-08-24
False
- S001214
Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
W.
Steube
R
FL
Gregory
17
2021-09-03
False
- F000472
Rep. Franklin, C. Scott [R-FL-15]
C.
Franklin
R
FL
Scott
15
2021-10-20
False
Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Higher education
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- U.S. history
Education
00
2021-08-17
Introduced in House
2021-12-28T16:36:20Z
Empowering Local Curriculum Act
This bill specifies that nothing in federal education law shall be construed to require the use, teaching, promotion, or recommendation of any academic discipline, program, or activity that holds certain principles related to race or sex.

Empowering Local Curriculum Act
- Official Title as Introduced

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide rules of construction that nothing in those Acts requires the use, teaching, promotion, or recommendation of any academic discipline, program, or activity that holds that the United States is a Nation founded on white supremacy and oppression, or that these forces are at the root of American society.
Introduced in House
IH
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Empowering Local Curriculum Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced

Empowering Local Curriculum Act
Introduced in House
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- Introduced in House
2021-08-17T04:00:00Z
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2021-08-17
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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