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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2470 

To prohibit Federal funding for educational agencies and schools whose students do not read certain foundational texts of the United States and 

are not able to recite those texts or that teach that those texts are 

products of white supremacy or racism. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 26, 2021 

Mr. HAWLEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To prohibit Federal funding for educational agencies and 

schools whose students do not read certain foundational 

texts of the United States and are not able to recite 

those texts or that teach that those texts are products 

of white supremacy or racism. 

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 ‘‘Love America Act of 

5 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Since the founding of the United States, the 

2 institutions of the United States of America have set 

3 the worldwide standard for promoting democracy, 

4 freedom, liberty, and virtue. 

5 (2) Increasingly, students across the country 

6 are being taught misinformation, including that the 

7 principles of the founding of the United States were 

8 lies from the start, that the core institutions of the 

9 United States are fundamentally racist and designed 

10 to propagate racism, and that it is acceptable to im11 pute guilt to present-day individuals based on the 

12 color of their skin, rather than the content of their 

13 character. 

14 (3) The best antidote to misinformation is the 

15 truth, which is reflected in the documents relating to 

16 the founding of the United States and other arti17 facts of the United States, including the Declaration 

18 of Independence, the Constitution of the United 

19 States, and the Pledge of Allegiance. 

20 SEC. 3. POLICY. 

21 It is the policy of the United States that students 

22 in elementary and secondary school should know the truth 

23 about the history and documents relating to the founding 

24 of the United States, which express the principles that 

25 unite the people of the United States, including the DecVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:27 Jul 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2470.IS S2470

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1 laration of Independence, the Constitution of the United 

2 States, and the Pledge of Allegiance. 

3 SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF EDUCATIONAL AGENCY OR 

4 SCHOOL. 

5 In this Act, the term ‘‘educational agency or school’’ 

6 means— 

7 (1) an elementary school, as defined in section 

8 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

9 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); 

10 (2) a secondary school, as defined in such sec11 tion; 

12 (3) a local educational agency, as defined in 

13 such section; or 

14 (4) a State educational agency, as defined in 

15 such section. 

16 SEC. 5. RESTRICTIONS ON FEDERAL FUNDS TO EDU17 CATIONAL AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS. 

18 (a) RESTRICTION ON FEDERAL FUNDS.—Notwith19 standing any other provision of law, Federal funds shall 

20 only be provided to an educational agency or school in 

21 which— 

22 (1) students in the first grade read and are able 

23 to recite the Pledge of Allegiance; 


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1 (2) students in the fourth grade read the Con2 stitution of the United States and are able to recite 

3 its preamble; 

4 (3) students in the eighth grade read the Dec5 laration of Independence and are able to recite its 

6 preamble; and 

7 (4) students in the tenth grade read and are 

8 able to identify the Bill of Rights. 

9 (b) RESTRICTION ON FEDERAL FUNDS FOR TEACH10 ING THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENTS ARE PRODUCTS OF

11 WHITE SUPREMACY OR RACISM.—Notwithstanding any 

12 other provision of law, no Federal funds shall be provided 

13 to an educational agency or school that teaches that the 

14 Pledge of Allegiance, the Declaration of Independence, or 

15 the Constitution of the United States is a product of white 

16 supremacy or racism. 

17 SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

18 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit any 

19 right of students guaranteed under the First Amendment 

20 to the Constitution of the United States. 

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