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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Director of the United States Holocaust 

Memorial Museum to support Holocaust education programs, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Never Again Education 

5 Reauthorization and Study Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION. 

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

8 4(a) of the Never Again Education Act (Public Law 116– 


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1 141) is amended by striking ‘‘each of the 4 succeeding 

2 fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘each succeeding fiscal year 

3 through fiscal year 2030’’. 

4 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 4(c)(2)(D) of such Act 

5 (Public Law 116–141) is amended by inserting before the 

6 period at the end the following: ‘‘, and completion of the 

7 study and report required under section 9’’. 

8 SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT ON HOLOCAUST EDUCATION. 

9 The Never Again Education Act (Public Law 116– 

10 141) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

11 section: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 9. STUDY AND REPORT ON HOLOCAUST EDUCATION. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) beginning not later than 180 days after 

15 the date of enactment of this section, and ending not 

16 later than 18 months after such date of enact17 ment— 

18 ‘‘(A) identify a nationally representative 

19 sample of States and local educational agencies; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(B) conduct a study on the Holocaust 

22 education program activities being carried out 

23 in such States and local educational agencies; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(2) not later than 180 days after the comple2 tion of such study, prepare and submit to Congress 

3 a report on such study. 

4 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the study under 

5 subsection (a) with respect to the States and local edu6 cational agencies identified under paragraph (1)(A) of 

7 such subsection, the Director shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) identify the States and local educational 

9 agencies that require Holocaust education program 

10 activities as part of the curriculum taught in public 

11 elementary schools and secondary schools, and of the 

12 States and local educational agencies so identified, 

13 which of such States and local educational agencies 

14 also provide optional Holocaust education program 

15 activities as part of such curriculum; 

16 ‘‘(2) identify the States and local educational 

17 agencies that do not require Holocaust education 

18 program activities as part of such curriculum, and 

19 of the States and local educational agencies so iden20 tified, which of such States and local educational 

21 agencies provide optional Holocaust education pro22 gram activities as part of such curriculum; 

23 ‘‘(3) determine the extent to which the States 

24 have developed standards and other requirements for 

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1 ementary schools and secondary schools served by 

2 the local educational agencies in such State, and 

3 summarize the status of the implementation of such 

4 standards and requirements in such local edu5 cational agencies, including— 

6 ‘‘(A) any centralized apparatus at the 

7 State or local level that collects and dissemi8 nates Holocaust education program curricula 

9 and materials; 

10 ‘‘(B) any Holocaust education program 

11 professional development opportunities for 

12 preservice and in-service educators; 

13 ‘‘(C) the involvement of Holocaust edu14 cation centers (including local Holocaust cen15 ters), museums (including local Holocaust mu16 seums), cultural centers, and other informal 

17 educational organizations in implementing Hol18 ocaust education programs; and 

19 ‘‘(D) the adoption of United States Holo20 caust Memorial Museum resources (including 

21 the resources developed and disseminated pur22 suant to section 4(c)(1)) by entities at the State 

23 or local level, including local Holocaust muse24 ums and centers that disseminate Holocaust 

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1 ‘‘(4) determine the methods educators in the 

2 public elementary schools and secondary schools in 

3 the States and local educational agencies are using 

4 that result in students successfully achieving in5 tended learning outcomes; 

6 ‘‘(5) identify the approaches used by the States 

7 and local educational agencies to assess the achieve8 ment of such intended learning outcomes; 

9 ‘‘(6) identify the types of instructional materials 

10 used in such public elementary schools and sec11 ondary schools to teach students about the Holo12 caust, including the use of primary source material; 

13 ‘‘(7) identify the extent to which Holocaust edu14 cation programs at such public elementary schools 

15 and secondary schools teach the history of anti16 semitism, its deep historical roots, the use of con17 spiracy theories and propaganda that target the 

18 Jewish people, and the shapeshifting nature of anti19 semitism over time; and 

20 ‘‘(8) identify— 

21 ‘‘(A) in what disciplines the Holocaust is 

22 being taught at such public elementary schools 

23 and secondary schools; and 

24 ‘‘(B) in the case of the public elementary 

25 schools and secondary schools in the States and 


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1 local educational agencies identified under para2 graph (1), the amount of time allotted in the 

3 required curriculum to teach about the Holo4 caust. 

5 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘ele6 mentary school’, ‘local educational agency’, ‘secondary 

7 school’, and ‘State’ have the meanings given those terms 

8 in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu9 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’. 

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