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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4091 

To strengthen Federal efforts to counter antisemitism in the United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 9, 2024 

Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. LANKFORD) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To strengthen Federal efforts to counter antisemitism in 

the United States. 

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 ‘‘Countering Anti5 semitism Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Antisemitism, which is often called ‘‘the old9 est hatred’’, is a serious and growing danger for 

10 Jews in the United States and around the world. 


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1 (2) In 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investiga2 tion found that anti-Jewish hate crime incidents in3 creased by more than 37 percent from 2021 to 

4 2022. 

5 (3) In 2022, the Anti-Defamation League re6 ported nearly 3,700 antisemitic incidents in the 

7 United States, including assault, vandalism, and 

8 harassment, which is a 36-percent increase from 

9 2021 and represents the highest number on record 

10 of antisemitic incidents reported by the Anti-Defa11 mation League, and the American Jewish Committee 

12 reported that 25 percent of Jewish Americans were 

13 personally targeted by antisemitism in 2023. 

14 (4) Jewish Americans are facing an unprece15 dented rise in antisemitic incidents following the Oc16 tober 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. 

17 (5) Rising antisemitism is in part being driven 

18 by the spread and amplification of antisemitic com19 ments, tropes, and conspiracies on social media plat20 forms, which can lead to physical acts of harass21 ment, assault, and vandalism. 

22 (6) Holocaust denial and distortion, including 

23 intentional efforts to excuse or minimize the impact 

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1 rate and comprehensive Holocaust education glob2 ally. 

3 (7) Protecting the history of the Holocaust and 

4 recognizing and confronting Holocaust denial and 

5 distortion are critical to preventing antisemitism. 

6 (8) Jewish houses of worship are increasingly 

7 the targets of violent attacks in the United States, 

8 as evidenced by the deadly assaults on synagogues in 

9 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2018 and Poway, Cali10 fornia, in 2019. 

11 (9) Antisemitic incidents have increased dra12 matically in many educational settings over the past 

13 several years, with many Jewish students facing dis14 crimination or a hostile environment at schools, yet 

15 these incidents remain underreported. 

16 (10) The Department of Education’s Office for 

17 Civil Rights is tasked with ensuring that all students 

18 are protected on campus, yet there is a backlog of 

19 discrimination complaints that remain pending be20 fore the Office for Civil Rights. 

21 (11) On May 25, 2023, the Biden Administra22 tion issued the U.S. National Strategy to Counter 

23 Antisemitism, which outlines the Administration’s 

24 whole-of-society approach to tackle antisemitism and 


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1 includes actions for Federal agencies to take and 

2 calls to action for Congress. 

3 (12) Antisemitism can have unique characteris4 tics, including the evolving use of conspiracy theories 

5 that blame the various ills of society on Jews or at6 tribute to individual Jews a variety of evil and harm7 ful characteristics, and including the portrayal of 

8 Jews as too powerful or controlling and deserving of 

9 hatred and mistrust. Antisemitism can also exist 

10 when individual Jews are held responsible for the 

11 policies of the Israeli government, or attacked, dis12 paraged, or demonized based on their real or per13 ceived connection to, affiliation with, or support for, 

14 the state of Israel as a Jewish state. Antisemitism 

15 can manifest distinctively and require a tailored re16 sponse. 

17 (13) While antisemitism most directly and in18 tensely threatens Jewish Americans, it also under19 mines democracy and threatens the safety and rights 

20 of all Americans. 

21 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY AND SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

22 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

23 United States to— 

24 (1) raise awareness and educate the United 

25 States public about the history of Jewish Americans 


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1 and antisemitism in all of its forms and various 

2 manifestations; 

3 (2) use all available authorities to oppose anti4 semitism; and 

5 (3) ensure that the implementation of Federal 

6 Government strategies to counter antisemitism are 

7 ongoing and multi-year whole-of-government and 

8 whole-of-society efforts, including through close and 

9 consistent collaboration between the Federal Govern10 ment, the private sector, civil society, faith leaders, 

11 and community leaders. 

12 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con13 gress that the non-legally binding working definition of 

14 antisemitism adopted in 2016 by the 31 member states 

15 of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, a 

16 definition which the United States has embraced— 

17 (1) is a valuable tool to raise awareness and in18 crease understanding of antisemitism; and 

19 (2) should be utilized by Federal, State, and 

20 local agencies. 

21 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

22 In this section 

23 (1) ANTISEMITISM.—The term ‘‘antisemitism’’ 

24 has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the 

25 Never Again Education Act (36 U.S.C. 2301 note). 


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1 (2) RELEVANT AGENCY.—The term ‘‘relevant 

2 agency’’ means— 

3 (A) the Domestic Policy Council; 

4 (B) the Department of State; 

5 (C) the Office of the Special Envoy to 

6 Monitor and Combat Antisemitism of the De7 partment of State; 

8 (D) the Department of Homeland Security; 

9 (E) the Department of Justice; 

10 (F) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 

11 (G) the Department of Education; 

12 (H) the National Counterterrorism Center; 

13 (I) the United States Holocaust Memorial 

14 Museum; 

15 (J) the Department of Health and Human 

16 Services; 

17 (K) the Equal Employment Opportunity 

18 Commission; 

19 (L) the Small Business Administration; 

20 (M) the Department of Housing and 

21 Urban Development; 

22 (N) the Department of Transportation; 

23 (O) the Department of Agriculture; 

24 (P) the Corporation for National and Com25 munity Service; 


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1 (Q) the National Endowment for the Arts; 

2 (R) the National Endowment for the Hu3 manities; 

4 (S) the Department of the Interior; 

5 (T) the Department of Veterans Affairs; 

6 (U) the Department of Defense; 

7 (V) the Department of the Treasury; 

8 (W) the Office of the Director of National 

9 Intelligence; 

10 (X) the Institute of Museum and Library 

11 Services; 

12 (Y) the Office of Personnel Management; 

13 (Z) the United States Mission to the 

14 United Nations; 

15 (AA) the General Services Administration; 

16 (BB) the Department of Commerce; 

17 (CC) the Department of Labor; 

18 (DD) the National Science Foundation; 

19 (EE) the Smithsonian Institution; and 

20 (FF) the Office of Faith-Based and Neigh21 borhood Partnerships of the White House. 

22 (3) U.S. NATIONAL STRATEGY TO COUNTER

23 ANTISEMITISM.—The term ‘‘U.S. National Strategy 

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1 semitism’’ issued by the White House on May 25, 

2 2023. 

3 SEC. 5. NATIONAL COORDINATOR TO COUNTER ANTI4 SEMITISM. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

6 the Executive Office of the President the position of Na7 tional Coordinator to Counter Antisemitism (in this sec8 tion referred to as the ‘‘National Coordinator’’). The indi9 vidual serving in the position of National Coordinator shall 

10 not have, or be assigned, duties in addition to the duties 

11 of the position of National Coordinator. 

12 (b) DUTIES OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR.— 

13 Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the 

14 President, the National Coordinator shall— 

15 (1) serve as the principal advisor to the Presi16 dent on countering domestic antisemitism; 

17 (2) coordinate Federal efforts to counter anti18 semitism, including ongoing and multi-year imple19 mentation of Federal Government strategies to 

20 counter antisemitism, across the relevant agencies; 

21 (3) conduct a biennial review of the implemen22 tation of Federal Government strategies to counter 

23 antisemitism for a period of 10 years, including— 

24 (A) an evaluation of all actions that have 

25 been implemented; and 


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1 (B) recommendations for any updates to 

2 those actions, as necessary; and 

3 (4) review the internal and external anti4 semitism training and resource programs of the rel5 evant agencies and ensure that such programs in6 clude training and resources to assist relevant agen7 cies in understanding, deterring, and educating peo8 ple about antisemitism. 

9 SEC. 6. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO COUNTER ANTI10 SEMITISM. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish 

12 an Interagency Task Force to Counter Antisemitism. 

13 (b) APPOINTMENT.—The President shall appoint the 

14 members of the Task Force, which shall include represent15 atives from the relevant agencies. 

16 (c) CHAIR.—The National Coordinator established in 

17 section 5(a) shall be the Chair of the Task Force. 

18 (d) ACTIVITIES OF THE TASK FORCE.—The Task 

19 Force shall carry out each of the following activities: 

20 (1) Coordinate implementation of Federal Gov21 ernment strategies to counter antisemitism. 

22 (2) Measure and evaluate the progress of the 

23 United States in the areas of— 

24 (A) providing education about anti25 semitism; 


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1 (B) countering antisemitism; and 

2 (C) providing support, protection, and as3 sistance to individuals and communities tar4 geted by antisemitism. 

5 (3) Create and implement interagency proce6 dures for collecting and organizing data, including 

7 research results and resource information from rel8 evant agencies and researchers, on domestic anti9 semitism, while— 

10 (A) respecting the confidentiality of indi11 viduals targeted by antisemitism; and 

12 (B) complying with any Federal, State, or 

13 local laws affecting confidentiality, such as laws 

14 applying to court cases involving juveniles. 

15 (4) Measure and evaluate the use of the Non16 profit Security Grant Program of the Department of 

17 Homeland Security established under section 2009 

18 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

19 609a) to secure Jewish nonprofit organizations that 

20 are at high risk of terrorist attack. 

21 (5) Engage in consultation with Congress, non22 profit organizations, and Jewish community advo23 cacy organizations, among other entities, to advance 

24 the purposes of this Act. 


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1 (e) ACTIVITIES OF THE CHAIR.—Not later than 6 

2 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 

3 6 months thereafter until the date that is 10 years after 

4 the date of enactment of this Act, the Chair of the Task 

5 Force shall provide a briefing on the activities of the Task 

6 Force to— 

7 (1) the majority leader and minority leader of 

8 the Senate; and 

9 (2) the Speaker and minority leader of the 

10 House of Representatives. 

11 SEC. 7. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF U.S. NATIONAL 

12 STRATEGY TO COUNTER ANTISEMITISM. 

13 (a) REPORTS FROM RELEVANT AGENCIES.—Not 

14 later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

15 the head of each relevant agency, in coordination with the 

16 National Coordinator to Counter Antisemitism, shall sub17 mit to Congress and make publicly available a report de18 tailing how the relevant agency is implementing the U.S. 

19 National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, which report 

20 shall include each of the following: 

21 (1) Detailed descriptions of any programs, ac22 tivities, or policies established to carry out the strat23 egy. 

24 (2) Identification of the obstacles to implemen25 tation. 


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1 (3) Opportunities for improved coordination, 

2 during the implementation, with other relevant agen3 cies, State and local authorities, civil society, com4 munity and faith leaders, the private sector, and in5 dividual citizens, as relevant. 

6 (b) ANNUAL THREAT ASSESSMENT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

8 after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 

9 thereafter until the date that is 10 years after the 

10 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 

11 Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary of 

12 Homeland Security, and the Director of the National 

13 Counterterrorism Center, in coordination with the 

14 National Coordinator to Counter Antisemitism, shall 

15 jointly produce an annual threat assessment of 

16 antisemitic violent extremism. 

17 (2) CONTENTS.—Each threat assessment re18 quired under paragraph (1) shall include, for the pe19 riod covered by the report— 

20 (A) an overview of transnational violent ex21 tremist ideologies that include antisemitic com22 ponents, including international and domestic 

23 extremism; 


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1 (B) a review of the violence committed on 

2 behalf of the ideologies described in subpara3 graph (A), including— 

4 (i) violent acts committed with explicit 

5 antisemitic sentiment; 

6 (ii) an overview of propaganda facili7 tating the spread of those ideologies, in8 cluding an in-depth assessment of the 

9 antisemitic components of the propaganda; 

10 and 

11 (iii) the commonalities of the threat 

12 across several different violent extremist 

13 ideologies; 

14 (C) an assessment of the threat that 

15 antisemitic violence described in subparagraphs 

16 (A) and (B) poses to the United States home17 land, United States citizens abroad, and United 

18 States military personnel; and 

19 (D) an overview of how antisemitic violent 

20 threats impact the interests and the global 

21 standing of the United States. 

22 (3) DISSEMINATION.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

24 Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary 

25 of Homeland Security, and the Director of the 


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1 National Counterterrorism Center, in coordina2 tion with the National Coordinator to Counter 

3 Antisemitism, shall submit each threat assess4 ment required under paragraph (1), including 

5 any classified annexes, to— 

6 (i) the Committee on Armed Services 

7 of the Senate; 

8 (ii) the Select Committee on Intel9 ligence of the Senate; 

10 (iii) the Committee on the Judiciary 

11 of the Senate; 

12 (iv) the Committee on Homeland Se13 curity and Governmental Affairs of the 

14 Senate; 

15 (v) the Committee on Appropriations 

16 of the Senate; 

17 (vi) the Committee on Armed Services 

18 of the House of Representatives; 

19 (vii) the Permanent Select Committee 

20 on Intelligence of the House of Represent21 atives; 

22 (viii) the Committee on the Judiciary 

23 of the House of Representatives; 


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1 (ix) the Committee on Homeland Se2 curity of the House of Representatives; 

3 and 

4 (x) the Committee on Appropriations 

5 of the House of Representatives. 

6 (B) DECLASSIFIED VERSION.—The Direc7 tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall 

8 make publicly available a declassified version of 

9 each threat assessment required under para10 graph (1) on the public website of the Federal 

11 Bureau of Investigation concurrently with the 

12 version submitted under subparagraph (A). 

13 (4) LIMITATION.—No version of the threat as14 sessment required under paragraph (1) shall include 

15 personally identifiable information. 

16 SEC. 8. ONLINE ANTISEMITISM, HOLOCAUST DENIAL, AND 

17 DISTORTION. 

18 (a) STUDY.—In order to assess steps to counter the 

19 spread of antisemitism online, not later than 180 days 

20 after the date of enactment of this Act, and every year 

21 thereafter for a period of 10 years, the National Coordi22 nator to Counter Antisemitism, in conjunction with the 

23 Interagency Task Force to Counter Antisemitism, shall 

24 conduct a study and prepare a report that shall include 

25 each of the following: 


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1 (1) An analysis of the prevalence of online 

2 antisemitic content, including Holocaust denial and 

3 Holocaust distortion content. 

4 (2) Recommendations to Congress to counter 

5 the spread of antisemitism online, including options 

6 for greater transparency requirements relating to al7 gorithmic systems, content moderation, enforcement 

8 of community standards, accountability for individ9 uals, and accountability for online platforms. 

10 (b) REPORT.—The National Coordinator to Counter 

11 Antisemitism shall make the report available to the Com12 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

13 Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern14 mental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Energy 

15 and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the 

16 Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House 

17 of Representatives. 

18 SEC. 9. COUNTERING ANTISEMITIC DISCRIMINATION IN 

19 HIGHER EDUCATION. 

20 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) COVERED INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘cov22 ered institution’’ means a college, university, or 

23 other postsecondary institution, or a public system 

24 of higher education that receives Federal funds. 


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1 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Education. 

3 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con4 gress that the Department of Education should expedi5 tiously issue a proposed rule pursuant to Executive Order 

6 13899 (84 Fed. Reg. 68779; relating to Combating Anti7 Semitism). 

8 (c) OCR DESIGNEE.—Not later than 180 days after 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall des10 ignate a senior officer or senior employee of the Office for 

11 Civil Rights (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Des12 ignee’’). The Designee shall— 

13 (1) serve as the Secretary’s primary advisor on 

14 the Department of Education’s efforts to counter 

15 antisemitic discrimination at covered institutions; 

16 (2) oversee the Department of Education’s ef17 forts to increase awareness of antisemitic discrimina18 tion at covered institutions, including by proactively 

19 providing information to students at covered institu20 tions about how to file complaints of discrimination 

21 with the Department of Education; 

22 (3) remind covered institutions of their legal re23 sponsibility under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 

24 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) to provide all stu25 dents, including those who are or are perceived to be 


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1 Jewish or Israeli, a school environment free from 

2 discrimination based on race, color, or national ori3 gin, including shared ancestry or ethnic characteris4 tics; 

5 (4) ensure that students at covered institutions 

6 who have experienced discrimination based on na7 tional origin (including shared ancestry or ethnic 

8 characteristics) and desire to file a complaint of dis9 crimination with the Department of Education have 

10 the information and resources to do so; and 

11 (5) make recommendations to the Secretary on 

12 the Department of Education’s efforts to counter 

13 antisemitic discrimination in higher education. 

14 (d) REPORTING.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 

16 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and 

17 every year thereafter for a period of 10 years, the 

18 Designee shall submit a report to Congress con19 taining information about each complaint received by 

20 the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of 

21 Education that— 

22 (A) concerns discrimination under title VI 

23 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 

24 2000d et seq.) on the basis of national origin 


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1 (including shared ancestry or ethnic character2 istics) at a covered institution; and 

3 (B) is outstanding as of the date of com4 pletion of the report and was received 6 months 

5 before such date or earlier. 

6 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report described in para7 graph (1) shall include— 

8 (A) with respect to each complaint, the 

9 status of the complaint, including— 

10 (i) the reasons the complaint has not 

11 been resolved; and 

12 (ii) an estimated timeframe for the 

13 resolution of the complaint; and 

14 (B) the Designee’s activities to— 

15 (i) increase awareness of antisemitic 

16 discrimination at covered institutions; and 

17 (ii) provide information to students at 

18 covered institutions on how to file com19 plaints of discrimination with the Depart20 ment of Education. 

21 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Each report described in 

22 paragraph (1) shall be made available to the Na23 tional Coordinator to Counter Antisemitism and the 

24 Interagency Task Force to Counter Antisemitism. 


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1 SEC. 10. HOLOCAUST EDUCATION AND ANTISEMITISM LES2 SONS. 

3 (a) STUDY.—Beginning not later than 180 days after 

4 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 

5 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (referred to 

6 in this Act as the ‘‘USHMM Director’’) shall conduct a 

7 study on Holocaust education efforts in States, local edu8 cational agencies, and public elementary schools and sec9 ondary schools. Such study shall include an examination 

10 of— 

11 (1) all States; 

12 (2) a nationally representative sample of local 

13 educational agencies; and 

14 (3) a representative sample of public elementary 

15 schools and secondary schools served by the local 

16 educational agencies being studied. 

17 (b) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the study under sub18 section (a), the USHMM Director shall— 

19 (1) determine whether States and local edu20 cational agencies being studied require Holocaust 

21 education as part of the curriculum taught in public 

22 elementary schools and secondary schools; 

23 (2) identify States and local educational agen24 cies being studied that have optional Holocaust edu25 cation as part of the curriculum taught in public ele26 mentary schools and secondary schools; 


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1 (3) identify each State’s standards and the re2 quirements of the local educational agencies being 

3 studied relating to Holocaust education and summa4 rize the status of the implementation of such stand5 ards and requirements, including— 

6 (A) any centralized apparatus at the State 

7 or local level that collects and disseminates Hol8 ocaust education curricula and materials; 

9 (B) any Holocaust education professional 

10 development opportunities for pre-service and 

11 in-service educators; 

12 (C) the involvement of informal edu13 cational organizations in implementing Holo14 caust education, including museums and cul15 tural centers; 

16 (D) an assessment of the challenges or 

17 gaps that may prevent educators from fulfilling 

18 Holocaust education requirements; 

19 (E) the identification of training and re20 sources needed to support educators teaching 

21 about the Holocaust; and 

22 (F) the adoption of United States Holo23 caust Memorial Museum resources by— 


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1 (i) entities at the State or local level 

2 that disseminate Holocaust education cur3 ricula; or 

4 (ii) local Holocaust museums and cen5 ters; 

6 (4) determine— 

7 (A) the range of intended outcomes from a 

8 Holocaust education unit at the State and local 

9 educational agency level; and 

10 (B) the methods educators are using that 

11 result in successfully achieving intended learn12 ing outcomes, which may include— 

13 (i) in-class discussion; 

14 (ii) educational activities conducted 

15 outside the classroom, including homework 

16 assignments and experiential learning in17 volving State and local organizations, such 

18 as museums and cultural centers; 

19 (iii) project-based learning; 

20 (iv) educational materials and activi21 ties that are developmentally appropriate 

22 and taught through a trauma-informed 

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1 (v) integration of lessons from the 

2 Holocaust across the curriculum and 

3 throughout the school year; 

4 (5) identify the types of instructional materials 

5 used to teach students about the Holocaust, includ6 ing the use of primary source material; 

7 (6) identify— 

8 (A) in what disciplines the Holocaust is 

9 being taught; 

10 (B) the amount of time allotted in the re11 quired curriculum to teach about the Holocaust; 

12 and 

13 (C) the comprehensiveness of the Holo14 caust education curriculum taught in public ele15 mentary schools and secondary schools, as indi16 cated by the extent to which the curriculum ad17 dresses all elements and aspects of the Holo18 caust and is based on reliable educational re19 sources, such as resources provided by the 

20 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; 

21 and 

22 (7) identify the approaches used by public ele23 mentary schools and secondary schools to assess out24 comes using traditional and nontraditional assess25 ments, including assessments of— 


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1 (A) students’ knowledge of the Holocaust; 

2 and 

3 (B) students’ ability to identify and ana4 lyze antisemitism, bigotry, hate, and genocide in 

5 historical and contemporary contexts. 

6 (c) REPORT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Following the completion of 

8 the study under subsection (a), the USHMM Direc9 tor shall prepare and submit to Congress a report on 

10 the results of the study. 

11 (2) DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTAL.—The report 

12 under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later 

13 than the earlier of— 

14 (A) 180 days after the completion of the 

15 study under subsection (a); or 

16 (B) 3 years after the date of enactment of 

17 this Act. 

18 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 

20 school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘secondary 

21 school’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given those 

22 terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec23 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

24 (2) HOLOCAUST.—The term ‘‘Holocaust’’ has 

25 the meaning given that term in section 3 of the 


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1 Never Again Education Act (Public Law 116–141; 

2 36 U.S.C. 2301 note). 

3 (3) HOLOCAUST EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘Holo4 caust education’’ means educational activities that 

5 are specifically intended— 

6 (A) to improve students’ awareness and 

7 understanding of the Holocaust; 

8 (B) to educate students on the lessons of 

9 the Holocaust as a means to raise awareness 

10 about the importance of preventing genocide, 

11 hate, and bigotry against any group of people; 

12 and 

13 (C) to study the history of antisemitism, 

14 its deep historical roots, the use of conspiracy 

15 theories and propaganda that target the Jewish 

16 people, and the shapeshifting nature of anti17 semitism over time. 

18 (4) PROJECT-BASED LEARNING.—The term 

19 ‘‘project -based learning’’ means a teaching method 

20 through which students learn by actively engaging in 

21 real-world and personally meaningful projects. 

22 SEC. 11. NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 

23 Section 2009 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

24 (6 U.S.C. 609a) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 

2 (k); and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(i) SUFFICIENT PERSONNEL AND RESOURCES.— 

6 The Administrator shall ensure that the Federal Emer7 gency Management Agency has sufficient personnel and 

8 resources to carry out this section. 

9 ‘‘(j) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION.—Not 

10 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this sub11 section, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall 

12 make publicly available information relating to, with re13 spect to the previous fiscal year— 

14 ‘‘(1) the number of applications received for a 

15 grant under this section; 

16 ‘‘(2) the number of grants awarded under this 

17 section; and 

18 ‘‘(3) the number of qualified entities that ap19 plied for a grant under this section and did not re20 ceive the grant.’’. 

21 SEC. 12. AUTHORIZING THE DESIGNATION OF JEWISH 

22 AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 36, United 

24 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘§ 149. Jewish American Heritage Month 

2 ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—May is ‘Jewish American Her3 itage Month’. 

4 ‘‘(b) FEDERAL PROCLAMATION.—The President is 

5 authorized and requested to issue annually a proclamation 

6 calling on the people of the United States to observe the 

7 month designated in subsection (a) with appropriate pro8 grams, ceremonies, and activities. 

9 ‘‘(c) STATE PROCLAMATIONS.—The chief executive 

10 officer of each State is requested to issue annually a proc11 lamation calling on the people of the State to observe the 

12 month designated in subsection (a) with appropriate pro13 grams, ceremonies, and activities. 

14 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of subsection (c), 

15 the term ‘State’ means any of the several States, the Dis16 trict of Columbia, the Virgin Islands of the United States, 

17 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 

18 Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is19 lands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated 

20 States of Micronesia, and Palau.’’. 

21 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

22 The table of sections for chapter 1 of title 36, United 

23 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 

‘‘149. Jewish American Heritage Month.’’. 

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