[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1705 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1705

 To amend part F of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
 Act of 1965 to reauthorize the instruction program on the history and 
                        principles of democracy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 7, 1993

 Mr. Kildee (for himself, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Smith of Iowa) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                               and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part F of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
 Act of 1965 to reauthorize the instruction program on the history and 
                        principles of democracy.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Civic Education Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. INSTRUCTION ON THE HISTORY AND PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY IN THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    (a) Program Established.--Subsection (a) of section 4609 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``civil'' and inserting 
        ``civic''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``National'' and all that 
        follows through ``Rights'' and inserting ``We the People . . . 
        The Citizen and the Constitution program''.
    (b) Special Rule.--Subsection (d) of section 4609 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by striking ``about the 
Constitution and Bill of Rights'' and inserting ``in civics and 
government''.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Subsection (f) of section 
4609 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended 
by striking ``1991'' and all that follows through ``1993'' and 
inserting the following: ``1993, $5,500,000 for fiscal year 1994, 
$6,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, $6,500,000 for fiscal year 1996, 
$7,000,000 for fiscal year 1997, and $7,500,000 for fiscal year 
1998,''.

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