[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 276 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 276

 Expressing the sense of the House that more should be done to instill 
      Holocaust education in school curricula around the country.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2017

 Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
   Carbajal, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
 Deutch, Mr. Engel, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Ted 
 Lieu of California, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, 
  Mr. McGovern, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Rosen, Ms. 
Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Sires, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. 
   Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Weber of Texas, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. 
    Raskin, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Gottheimer) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
 Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House that more should be done to instill 
      Holocaust education in school curricula around the country.

Whereas more than 70 years after the conclusion of World War II, it is even more 
        important now to remember the events of the Holocaust and the genocidal 
        pursuits of the Nazi regime;
Whereas across the globe and here in the United States, troubling numbers of 
        people are ignorant of the events of the Holocaust, and there are even 
        those who deny that the Holocaust occurred;
Whereas hate groups continue to spread lies around the country, with the goal of 
        perpetuating racist, xenophobic, and anti-Semitic principles;
Whereas these insensitive beliefs are all too common, and only serve to dishonor 
        those that were persecuted, tortured, and killed at the hands of the 
        Nazis;
Whereas with each passing year we lose some of our greatest ambassadors and 
        storytellers as Holocaust survivors age and pass away;
Whereas in the words of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, not all victims were 
        Jews, but all Jews were victims;
Whereas many Members of Congress are proud to represent large populations of 
        survivors in each of their districts;
Whereas too many students are graduating with little exposure to Holocaust 
        education and its universal relevance;
Whereas education about this tragedy is our best defense against unchecked 
        intolerance and bigotry, and against history repeating itself;
Whereas we are proud that 8 States require by law that schools teach students 
        about the Holocaust and the lessons that can be learned from that tragic 
        chapter of history, even in 2016; and
Whereas Congress has consistently acted to preserve the memory of the Holocaust, 
        including the establishment of a national Holocaust Remembrance Day in 
        1978: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the House of Representatives--
                    (A) commends Holocaust education activists on their 
                longstanding efforts to include Holocaust education in 
                States' public school curricula across the country; and
                    (B) encourages more States to enact legislation 
                mandating Holocaust education in their schools and 
                support continued efforts to move this initiative 
                forward; and
            (2) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
        more should be done to instill in the Nation's future the 
        promise that we will never forget the horrors of the Holocaust 
        and must always work to prevent such atrocities from occurring 
        in the future.
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