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2022-12-31T05:36:40Z
House
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2021-09-28
117
[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 28, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOOD of Virginia:H.R. 5398.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:14th Amendment to the ConstitutionArticle 1 Section 8 of the Constitution[Page H5506]
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Judiciary Committee
House
Standing
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Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
    - Referred to
2022-11-01T20:00:56Z
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2021-09-28T14:03:25Z
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Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
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House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Committee
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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House floor actions
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Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
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Good
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VA
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AZ
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2021-09-28
True
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2021-09-28
True
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SC
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2021-09-28
True
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2021-09-28
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AZ
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2021-09-28
True
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CA
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2021-09-28
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MD
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2021-09-28
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R
GA
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2021-09-28
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TX
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2021-09-28
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R
TX
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2021-09-28
True
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WI
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2021-09-28
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TX
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2021-09-28
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FL
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2021-09-28
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Fallon
R
TX
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2021-09-28
True
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Ken
Buck
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CO
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2021-09-28
True
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Scott
Perry
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PA
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2021-09-28
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NC
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2021-09-28
True
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GA
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2021-10-08
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Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- U.S. history
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
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2021-09-28
Introduced in House
2022-04-04T17:30:55Z
Defending Students' Civil Rights Act of 2021
This bill prohibits the use of critical race theory or critical race pedagogy in any federally funded program or activity.
Specifically, the bill includes the use of critical race theory or critical race pedagogy as a violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in federally funded programs or activities.
The bill defines critical race pedagogy as the separation of students or teachers, or the assignment of characteristics or assumptions, based on race, color, or national origin. The bill defines critical race theory as a curriculum that establishes specified principles relating to race or sex, including that (1) one race or sex is inherently superior to another, (2) the United States is fundamentally racist or sexist, and (3) an individual bears responsibility for the past actions of others of the same race or sex.

Defending Students’ Civil Rights Act of 2021
- Official Title as Introduced

To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make using critical race theory or critical race pedagogy in any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance a violation of such Act, and for other purposes.
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Defending Students’ Civil Rights Act of 2021
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Defending Students’ Civil Rights Act of 2021
Introduced in House
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2021-09-28T04:00:00Z
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2022-11-01
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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