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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2464

To direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants to promote Holocaust 

education and awareness. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 12, 2003

Mr. SAXTON (for himself and Mr. ANDREWS) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants to 

promote Holocaust education and awareness.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Holocaust Education 

5 and Awareness Act of 2003’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The Holocaust was the government-spon9 sored event that occurred in Europe between 1933 

10 and 1945 in which Nazis and their collaborators—
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1 both to suppress dissidence and in the name of ra2 cial, ethnic, and social purity—systemically mur3 dered 11 million people, including Jews, Jehovah’s 

4 Witnesses, Serbs, Gypsies, homosexuals, Polish intel5 ligentsia, and German opponents of Nazism. 

6 (2) Six States—California, Florida, Illinois, 

7 Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York—cur8 rently mandate that the Holocaust be taught in the 

9 educational curriculum and ten States—Connecticut, 

10 Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsyl11 vania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and 

12 Washington—recommend teaching the Holocaust 

13 but do not provide sufficient funds to assist in train14 ing and educating teachers about it. 

15 (3) Revisionist historians and Holocaust deniers 

16 throughout the world, including those in the United 

17 States, perpetuate inaccuracies and falsehoods re18 garding the Holocaust and thereby make it more dif19 ficult for educators effectively to teach students 

20 about the Holocaust. 

21 SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION AND AWARE22 NESS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall 

24 devise and administer a program to make grants—
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1 (1) to provide the necessary tools and resources 

2 to educate Americans regarding the Holocaust; 

3 (2) to dispel falsehoods circulated by Holocaust 

4 deniers; and 

5 (3) to facilitate Holocaust awareness in commu6 nities throughout the United States. 

7 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—Such program shall—

8 (1) provide for grants of not more than 

9 $10,000 each for new or existing Holocaust edu10 cation programs; 

11 (2) condition each grant on assurance of match12 ing funds either from State or local governmental 

13 sources or from private sources, or from both, com14 bined to total not less than 50 percent of the 

15 amount of Federal funds to be provided by such 

16 grant; and 

17 (3) be established in coordination with the 

18 United States Holocaust Memorial Council estab19 lished under chapter 23 of title 36, United States 

20 Code. 

21 (c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of Edu22 cation shall submit to the Congress a report detailing the 

23 criteria used in administering the grant program in sub24 section (a) and listing program expenditures and grant 

25 amounts and recipients. Such report shall be submitted 
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1 not later than 180 days after the date on which funds 

2 are appropriated to carry out this Act and twice annually 

3 thereafter for the duration of the program. 

4 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

5 (1) The term ‘‘Holocaust’’ means the historical 

6 event described in section 2(1). 

7 (2) The term ‘‘Holocaust education program’’ 

8 means a program which encourages and promotes 

9 awareness and historical accuracy about the Holo10 caust in public and private schools, community 

11 groups, State and local governments, and other or12 ganizations. 

13 (e) REGULATIONS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 

14 Education may establish regulations to carry out this Act. 

15 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

16 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

17 this Act $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 

18 2008, to remain available until expended.

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