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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3163 

To prohibit the award of Federal funds to schools that promote certain 

race-based theories to students, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 12, 2021 

Mr. ROY (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. HICE of 

Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Mr. BUCK, Mrs. GREENE of 

Georgia, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. 

BUDD, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. GOSAR, 

Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 

STEUBE, Mr. PERRY, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. RICE of South 

Carolina, Mr. LOUDERMILK, and Mr. SESSIONS) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To prohibit the award of Federal funds to schools that promote certain race-based theories to students, 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 ‘‘Combating Racist 

5 Teaching in Schools Act’’ or the ‘‘CRT Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO 

2 CERTAIN SCHOOLS. 

3 (a) PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF FUNDS TO CERTAIN

4 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.—No Federal 

5 funds received by a State or local educational agency may 

6 be allocated to an elementary or secondary school that pro7 motes the race-based theories described in subsection (c) 

8 or compels teachers or students to affirm, adhere to, 

9 adopt, or process beliefs in a manner that violates title 

10 VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 

11 (b) PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF FUNDS TO CERTAIN

12 INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—No Federal 

13 funds may be awarded to an institution of higher edu14 cation if such institution promotes the race-based theories 

15 described in subsection (c) or compels teachers or students 

16 to affirm, adhere to, adopt, or process beliefs in a manner 

17 that violates title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 

18 (c) RACE-BASED THEORIES DESCRIBED.—The race19 based theories described in this subsection are the fol20 lowing: 

21 (1) Any race is inherently superior or inferior 

22 to any other race, color, or national origin. 

23 (2) The United States is a fundamentally racist 

24 country. 


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1 (3) The Declaration of Independence or Con2 stitution of the United States are fundamentally rac3 ist documents. 

4 (4) An individual’s moral character or worth is 

5 determined by the individual’s race, color, or na6 tional origin. 

7 (5) An individual, by virtue of the individual’s 

8 race, is inherently racist or oppressive, whether con9 sciously or unconsciously. 

10 (6) An individual, because of the individual’s 

11 race, bears responsibility for the actions committed 

12 by other members of the individual’s race, color, or 

13 national origin. 

14 (d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

15 (1) PROTECTED SPEECH NOT RESTRICTED.— 

16 Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict 

17 the speech of a student, teacher, or any other indi18 vidual outside of a school setting. 

19 (2) ACCESS TO MATERIALS FOR THE PURPOSE

20 OF RESEARCH OR INDEPENDENT STUDY.—Nothing 

21 in this section shall be construed to prevent an indi22 vidual from accessing materials that advocate theo23 ries described in subsection (c) for the purpose of re24 search or independent study. 


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1 (3) CONTEXTUAL EDUCATION.—Nothing in this 

2 section shall be construed to prevent a covered 

3 school from stating theories described in subsection 

4 (c) or assigning materials that advocate such theo5 ries for educational purposes in contexts that make 

6 it clear the school does not sponsor, approve, or en7 dorse such theories or materials. 

8 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) COVERED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘covered 

10 school’’ means an elementary school, a secondary 

11 school, or an institution of higher education. 

12 (2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 

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

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

15 terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec16 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

17 (3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

18 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

19 meaning given that term in section 102 of the High20 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 

21 (4) PROMOTE.—The term ‘‘promote’’, when 

22 used with respect to a race-based theory described in 

23 subsection (c), means— 

24 (A) to include such theories or materials 

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1 ing lists, seminars, workshops, trainings, or 

2 other educational or professional settings in a 

3 manner that could reasonably give rise to the 

4 appearance of official sponsorship, approval, or 

5 endorsement; 

6 (B) to contract with, hire, or otherwise en7 gage speakers, consultants, diversity trainers, 

8 and other persons for the purpose of advocating 

9 such theories; 

10 (C) to compel students to profess a belief 

11 in such theories; or 

12 (D) to segregate students or other individ13 uals by race in any setting, including in edu14 cational or training sessions. 

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