[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5668 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5668

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
medically accurate and objective factual information as part of any sex 
               education course, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 16, 2002

  Mr. Gutierrez (for himself, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Frank, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
 Serrano, Mr. Payne, Mr. Evans, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Waxman, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Lee, Mr. Pastor, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
Davis of Illinois, Mr. Honda, and Ms. Rivers) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
medically accurate and objective factual information as part of any sex 
               education course, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Medically Accurate and Objective Sex 
Education Act''.

SEC. 2. MEDICALLY ACCURATE AND OBJECTIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION.

    The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 9528 (20 U.S.C. 7908) 
the following new section:

``SEC. 9528A. MEDICALLY ACCURATE AND OBJECTIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION.

    ``(a) Requirement.--An elementary school or secondary school 
receiving funds under this Act shall not provide factual information 
that is not medically accurate and objective in course material or 
instruction for any sex education course.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `factual information' includes information 
        related to medical, psychiatric, psychological, empirical, or 
        statistical statements.
            ``(2) The term `medically accurate and objective' means--
                    ``(A) based on scientifically based research;
                    ``(B) recognized as accurate and objective by 
                professionals, organizations, and public and private 
                agencies (such as the Centers for Disease Control and 
                Prevention) with expertise in the relevant field of 
                knowledge.''.
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