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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2682 

To amend title III of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2021 to prohibit the expenditure of funds on divisive concepts under 

the priorities noticed in the proposed rule submitted by the Department 

of Education relating to Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics 

Education. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 9, 2021 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. BRAUN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend title III of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to prohibit the expenditure of funds 

on divisive concepts under the priorities noticed in the 

proposed rule submitted by the Department of Education 

relating to Proposed Priorities-American History and 

Civics Education. 

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 ‘‘Protect Equality And 

5 Civics Education Act’’ or the ‘‘PEACE Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS. 

2 After section 318 of title III of division H of the Con3 solidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116– 

4 260), insert the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 319. (a) None of the funds made available by 

6 this title for an American history and civics education pro7 gram under subpart 3 of part B of title II of the Elemen8 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

9 6661 et seq.) may be used to fund curriculum, or teaching 

10 or counseling, that promotes or compels a divisive concept 

11 under the priorities noticed in the proposed rule submitted 

12 by the Department of Education relating to Proposed Pri13 orities-American History and Civics Education (published 

14 at 86 Fed. Reg. 20348 (April 19, 2021)). 

15 ‘‘(b) In this section: 

16 ‘‘(1) The term ‘promotes or compels a divisive 

17 concept’, means race stereotyping or race 

18 scapegoating, or promotion of one or more of the fol19 lowing concepts: 

20 ‘‘(A) One race is inherently superior to an21 other race. 

22 ‘‘(B) The United States is fundamentally 

23 racist. 

24 ‘‘(C) An individual, by virtue of his or her 

25 race, is inherently racist or oppressive, whether 

26 consciously or unconsciously. 


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1 ‘‘(D) An individual should be discriminated 

2 against or receive adverse treatment solely or 

3 partly because of his or her race. 

4 ‘‘(E) Members of one race cannot and 

5 should not attempt to treat others without re6 spect to race. 

7 ‘‘(F) An individual’s moral character is 

8 necessarily determined by his or her race. 

9 ‘‘(G) An individual, by virtue of his or her 

10 race, bears responsibility for actions committed 

11 in the past by other members of the same race. 

12 ‘‘(H) Any individual should feel discomfort, 

13 guilt, anguish, or any other form of psycho14 logical distress on account of his or her race. 

15 ‘‘(I) Meritocracy or traits such as a hard 

16 work ethic are racist, or were created by a par17 ticular race to oppress another race. 

18 ‘‘(2) The term ‘race scapegoating’ means as19 signing fault, blame, or bias to a race, or to mem20 bers of a race because of their race. 

21 ‘‘(3) The term ‘race stereotyping’ means ascrib22 ing character traits, values, moral and ethical codes, 

23 privileges, status, or beliefs to a race, or to an indi24 vidual because of the individual’s race.’’. 

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