[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8606 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8606

  To reauthorize the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial 
Museum to support Holocaust education programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2024

  Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Ms. Manning, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. 
 Gottheimer, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. 
 Moolenaar, and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which 
      was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reauthorize the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial 
Museum to support Holocaust education programs, 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 ``Never Again Education 
Reauthorization and Study Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 4(a) of the Never 
Again Education Act (Public Law 116-141) is amended by striking ``each 
of the 4 succeeding fiscal years'' and inserting ``each succeeding 
fiscal year through fiscal year 2030''.
    (b) Use of Funds.--Section 4(c)(2)(D) of such Act (Public Law 116-
141) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ``, and completion of the study and report required under 
section 9''.

SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT ON HOLOCAUST EDUCATION.

     The Never Again Education Act (Public Law 116-141) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 9. STUDY AND REPORT ON HOLOCAUST EDUCATION.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director shall--
            ``(1) beginning not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this section, and ending not later than 18 months 
        after such date of enactment--
                    ``(A) identify a nationally representative sample 
                of States and local educational agencies; and
                    ``(B) conduct a study on the Holocaust education 
                program activities being carried out in such States and 
                local educational agencies; and
            ``(2) not later than 180 days after the completion of such 
        study, prepare and submit to Congress a report on such study.
    ``(b) Elements.--In conducting the study under subsection (a) with 
respect to the States and local educational agencies identified under 
paragraph (1)(A) of such subsection, the Director shall--
            ``(1) identify the States and local educational agencies 
        that require Holocaust education program activities as part of 
        the curriculum taught in public elementary schools and 
        secondary schools, and of the States and local educational 
        agencies so identified, which of such States and local 
        educational agencies also provide optional Holocaust education 
        program activities as part of such curriculum;
            ``(2) identify the States and local educational agencies 
        that do not require Holocaust education program activities as 
        part of such curriculum, and of the States and local 
        educational agencies so identified, which of such States and 
        local educational agencies provide optional Holocaust education 
        program activities as part of such curriculum;
            ``(3) determine the extent to which the States have 
        developed standards and other requirements for Holocaust 
        education programs provided in public elementary schools and 
        secondary schools served by the local educational agencies in 
        such State, and summarize the status of the implementation of 
        such standards and requirements in such local educational 
        agencies, including--
                    ``(A) any centralized apparatus at the State or 
                local level that collects and disseminates Holocaust 
                education program curricula and materials;
                    ``(B) any Holocaust education program professional 
                development opportunities for preservice and in-service 
                educators;
                    ``(C) the involvement of Holocaust education 
                centers (including local Holocaust centers), museums 
                (including local Holocaust museums), cultural centers, 
                and other informal educational organizations in 
                implementing Holocaust education programs; and
                    ``(D) the adoption of United States Holocaust 
                Memorial Museum resources (including the resources 
                developed and disseminated pursuant to section 4(c)(1)) 
                by entities at the State or local level, including 
                local Holocaust museums and centers that disseminate 
                Holocaust education program curricula;
            ``(4) determine the methods educators in the public 
        elementary schools and secondary schools in the States and 
        local educational agencies are using that result in students 
        successfully achieving intended learning outcomes;
            ``(5) identify the approaches used by the States and local 
        educational agencies to assess the achievement of such intended 
        learning outcomes;
            ``(6) identify the types of instructional materials used in 
        such public elementary schools and secondary schools to teach 
        students about the Holocaust, including the use of primary 
        source material;
            ``(7) identify the extent to which Holocaust education 
        programs at such public elementary schools and secondary 
        schools teach the history of antisemitism, its deep historical 
        roots, the use of conspiracy theories and propaganda that 
        target the Jewish people, and the shapeshifting nature of 
        antisemitism over time; and
            ``(8) identify--
                    ``(A) in what disciplines the Holocaust is being 
                taught at such public elementary schools and secondary 
                schools; and
                    ``(B) in the case of the public elementary schools 
                and secondary schools in the States and local 
                educational agencies identified under paragraph (1), 
                the amount of time allotted in the required curriculum 
                to teach about the Holocaust.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `elementary school', 
`local educational agency', `secondary school', and `State' have the 
meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).''.
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