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Union Calendar No. 498 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8606 

[Report No. 118–598] 

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 

JULY 18, 2024 

Additional sponsor: Mr. KILEY

JULY 18, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 4, 2024] 


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A BILL 

To reauthorize the Director of the United States Holocaust 

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


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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– 

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

10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘each succeeding fiscal year through 

11 fiscal year 2030’’. 

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

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

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

15 study and report required under section 9’’. 

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

17 The Never Again Education Act (Public Law 116–141) 

18 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

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

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

21 ‘‘(1) beginning not later than 180 days after the 

22 date of enactment of this section, and ending not later 

23 than 18 months after such date of enactment— 


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1 ‘‘(A) identify a nationally representative 

2 sample of States and local educational agencies; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(B) conduct a study on the Holocaust edu5 cation program activities being carried out in 

6 such States and local educational agencies; and 

7 ‘‘(2) not later than 180 days after the completion 

8 of such study, prepare and submit to Congress a re9 port on such study. 

10 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the study under sub11 section (a) with respect to the States and local educational 

12 agencies identified under paragraph (1)(A) of such sub13 section, the Director shall— 

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

15 agencies that require Holocaust education program 

16 activities as part of the curriculum taught in public 

17 secondary schools, and of the States and local edu18 cational agencies so identified, which of such States 

19 and local educational agencies also provide optional 

20 Holocaust education program activities as part of 

21 such curriculum; 

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

23 agencies that do not require Holocaust education pro24 gram activities as part of such curriculum, and of the 

25 States and local educational agencies so identified, 


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1 which of such States and local educational agencies 

2 provide optional Holocaust education program activi3 ties as part of such curriculum; 

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

5 have developed standards and other requirements for 

6 Holocaust education programs provided in public sec7 ondary schools served by the local educational agen8 cies in such State, and summarize the status of the 

9 implementation of such standards and requirements 

10 in such local educational agencies, including— 

11 ‘‘(A) any centralized apparatus at the State 

12 or local level that collects and disseminates Holo13 caust education program curricula and mate14 rials; 

15 ‘‘(B) any Holocaust education program pro16 fessional development opportunities for preservice 

17 and in-service educators; 

18 ‘‘(C) the involvement of Holocaust education 

19 centers (including local Holocaust centers), mu20 seums (including local Holocaust museums), cul21 tural centers, and other informal educational or22 ganizations in implementing Holocaust edu23 cation programs; 

24 ‘‘(D) the adoption of United States Holo25 caust Memorial Museum resources (including the 


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1 resources developed and disseminated pursuant 

2 to section 4(c)(1)) by entities at the State or 

3 local level, including local Holocaust museums 

4 and centers that disseminate Holocaust edu5 cation program curricula; and 

6 ‘‘(E) criteria used by such States and local 

7 educational agencies to evaluate the effectiveness 

8 of Holocaust education programs offered in such 

9 States and local educational agencies; 

10 ‘‘(4) determine the methods educators in the pub11 lic secondary schools in the States and local edu12 cational agencies are using that result in students 

13 successfully achieving intended learning outcomes; 

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

15 and local educational agencies to assess the achieve16 ment of such intended learning outcomes; 

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

18 used in such public secondary schools to teach stu19 dents about the Holocaust, including the use of pri20 mary source material; 

21 ‘‘(7) identify the extent to which Holocaust edu22 cation programs at such public secondary schools 

23 teach the history of antisemitism, its deep historical 

24 roots, the use of conspiracy theories and propaganda 


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1 that target the Jewish people, and the shapeshifting 

2 nature of antisemitism over time; and 

3 ‘‘(8) identify— 

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

5 being taught at such public secondary schools; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(B) in the case of the public secondary 

8 schools in the States and local educational agen9 cies identified under paragraph (1), the amount 

10 of time allotted in the required curriculum to 

11 teach about the Holocaust. 

12 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘local 

13 educational agency’, ‘secondary school’, and ‘State’ have the 

14 meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elemen15 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

16 7801).’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 498 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8606 

[Report No. 118–598] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Director of the United States 

poses. caust education programs, and for other purHolocaust Memorial Museum to support HoloJULY 18, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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