US SB900 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on May 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to educational organizations to carry out proposed or existing Holocaust education programs. Prohibits such grants from being used to supplant nonfederal funds the grantees would otherwise have used for Holocaust education programs.

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Title

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to educational organizations to carry out educational programs about the Holocaust.

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History

DateChamberAction
2011-05-05SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2011-05-05SenateSponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2740)

Same As/Similar To

HB1753 (Same As) 2011-05-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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