US HB2152 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

US Congress House Bill 2152 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 71-5)
Status: Introduced on June 13 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-09-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act - Reauthorizes the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 for FY2012-FY2016.Directs the Secretary of State to act through the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs in awarding grants or entering agreements with Special Olympics for activities outside the United States. Includes community-based prevention among the activities for which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants or enter into agreements with Special Olympics. Requires grant or agreement applications to include a description of specific measurable annual benchmarks, as well as long-term goals and objectives, to be achieved through specified activities, which must include: (1) activities to increase the full participation of people with intellectual disabilities in inclusive school and community activities with people without disabilities, (2) education programs that dispel negative stereotypes about people with intellectual disabilities, and (3) activities to increase the participation of people with intellectual disabilities in Special Olympics outside of the United States. Requires annual reports by Special Olympics to describe demographic data about Special Olympics participants.Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements to promote the expansion of Best Buddies, including activities to increase the participation of people with intellectual disabilities in social relationships and other aspects of community life, including education and employment, within the United States. Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education to establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact. Requires recipients to use grant funds to advance the quality of life and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities through research and evaluation, technical assistance, training, data collection, evaluation, collaboration, and dissemination of evidence-based best practices.

Title

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act

Sponsors

Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Ann Buerkle [R-NY]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-09-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2011-09-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2011-06-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
2011-06-13	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-06-13	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2011-06-13	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-06-13	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, 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.