IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 943 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 28, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Director of the United States Holocaust 
Memorial Museum to support Holocaust education pro-
grams, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Never Again Education 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States has demonstrated a com-
mitment to remembrance and education about the 
Holocaust through bilateral relationships and en-
gagement in international organizations such as the 
United Nations and the International Holocaust Re-
membrance Alliance; the United States works to 
promote Holocaust education as a means to under-
stand the importance of democratic principles, use 
and abuse of power, and to raise awareness about 
the importance of genocide prevention today. 
(2) The Congress has played a critical role in 
preserving the memory of the Holocaust and pro-
moting awareness, including by authorizing the 
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as an 
independent establishment of the Federal Govern-
ment to ensure that ‘‘the study of the Holocaust be-
come part of the curriculum in every school system 
in the country’’, as well as by establishing a national 
Holocaust Remembrance Day in 1978. 
(3) 75 years after the conclusion of World War 
II, with the decreasing number of eyewitnesses and 
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growing distance of students and their families from 
this history, it is important to institutionalize edu-
cation about the events of the Holocaust such as the 
German Nazis’ racist ideology, propaganda, and 
plan to lead a state to war and, with their collabo-
rators, kill millions—including the systematic mur-
der of 6,000,000 Jewish people; as well as the perse-
cution and murder of millions of others in the name 
of racial purity, political, ideological, and behavioral 
grounds, among them Roma, the disabled, the Slavs, 
Communists, Socialists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and 
homosexuals. 
(4) As intolerance, antisemitism, and bigotry 
are promoted by hate groups, Holocaust education 
provides a context in which to learn about the dan-
ger of what can happen when hate goes unchal-
lenged and there is indifference in the face of the 
oppression of others; learning how and why the Hol-
ocaust happened is an important component of the 
education of citizens of the United States. 
(5) Today, those who deny that the Holocaust 
occurred or distort the true nature of the Holocaust 
continue to find forums, especially online; this denial 
and distortion dishonors those who were persecuted, 
and murdered, making it even more of a national 
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imperative to educate students in the United States 
so that they may explore the lessons that the Holo-
caust provides for all people, sensitize communities 
to the circumstances that gave rise to the Holocaust, 
and help youth be less susceptible to the falsehood 
of Holocaust denial and distortion and to the de-
structive messages of hate that arise from Holocaust 
denial and distortion. 
(6) Currently, 12 States (California, Con-
necticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michi-
gan, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, 
and Rhode Island) require by law that schools teach 
students about the Holocaust; more schools and 
teachers, including those in underserved commu-
nities, can and should deliver quality Holocaust edu-
cation. 
(7) For more than 30 years, the United States 
Holocaust Memorial Museum has worked to build 
and support the field of Holocaust education, and 
advance the quality and sustainability of Holocaust 
education at the local, State, and national levels, by 
engaging teachers and students across disciplines 
and grade levels. 
(8) The Federal Government, through support 
for educational activities of national museums estab-
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lished under Federal law, can assist teachers in ef-
forts to incorporate historically accurate instruction 
on human rights atrocities, including the Holocaust, 
in curricula. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ANTISEMITISM.—The term ‘‘antisemitism’’ 
means a certain perception of Jews, which may be 
expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and 
physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed 
toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals or their 
property, toward Jewish community institutions and 
religious facilities. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the United States Holocaust Memo-
rial Museum. 
(3) ELIGIBLE
PROGRAM
PARTICIPANT.—The 
term ‘‘eligible program participant’’ means— 
(A) a high school teacher, a teacher of one 
of the middle grades, or a school leader of a 
high school or a school that includes one of the 
middle grades (as such terms are defined in 
section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)); 
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(B) an educational leader or expert who is 
not employed by a local educational agency (as 
defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801)) or an elementary school or secondary 
school (as such terms are so defined) that is 
independent of any local educational agency; or 
(C) a prospective teacher enrolled in a pro-
gram of postsecondary education coursework or 
preservice clinical education. 
(4) HOLOCAUST.—The term ‘‘the Holocaust’’ 
means the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored 
persecution and murder of 6,000,000 Jews by the 
Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators. During 
the era of the Holocaust, German authorities also 
targeted other groups because of their perceived ‘‘ra-
cial inferiority’’, such as Roma, the disabled, and 
Slavs. Other groups were persecuted on political, 
ideological, and behavioral grounds, among them 
Communists, Socialists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and 
homosexuals. 
(5) HOLOCAUST
DENIAL
AND
DISTORTION.— 
The term ‘‘Holocaust denial and distortion’’ means 
discourse and propaganda that deny the historical 
reality and the extent of the extermination of the 
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Jews by the Nazis and their accomplices during 
World War II, known as the Holocaust. Holocaust 
denial refers specifically to any attempt to claim that 
the Holocaust did not take place. Holocaust distor-
tion refers to efforts to excuse or minimize the 
events of the Holocaust or its principal elements, in-
cluding collaborators and allies of Nazi Germany, to 
blame the Jews for causing their own genocide, or 
to portray the Holocaust as a positive historical 
event. 
(6) HOLOCAUST
EDUCATION
CENTER.—The 
term ‘‘Holocaust education center’’ means an insti-
tution that furthers the teaching and learning about 
the Holocaust by offering programs for students and 
training for teachers and other types of professional 
leadership audiences. 
(7) HOLOCAUST
EDUCATION
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘Holocaust education program’’ means a pro-
gram that has as its specific and primary purpose 
to improve awareness and understanding of the Hol-
ocaust and educate individuals on the lessons of the 
Holocaust as a means to raise awareness about the 
importance of preventing genocide, hate, and bigotry 
against any group of people. 
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SEC. 4. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 and each of the 4 suc-
ceeding fiscal years. 
(b) DONATIONS, GIFTS, BEQUESTS, AND DEVISES OF 
PROPERTY.—In accordance with chapter 23 of title 36, 
United States Code, and in furtherance of the purposes 
of this Act, the Director is authorized to solicit, accept, 
hold, administer, invest, and use donated funds and gifts, 
bequests, and devises of property, both real and personal. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The Director, using funds ap-
propriated under subsection (a) and resources received 
under subsection (b), and including through the engage-
ment of eligible program participants as appropriate— 
(1) shall develop and nationally disseminate ac-
curate, relevant, and accessible resources to promote 
understanding about how and why the Holocaust 
happened, which shall include digital resources and 
may include other types of resources, such as print 
resources and traveling exhibitions; and 
(2) may carry out one or more of the following 
Holocaust education program activities: 
(A) Development, dissemination, and im-
plementation of principles of sound pedagogy 
for teaching about the Holocaust. 
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(B) Provision of professional development 
for eligible program participants, such as 
through— 
(i) local, regional, and national work-
shops; 
(ii) teacher trainings in conjunction 
with Holocaust education centers and 
other appropriate partners; 
(iii) engagement with— 
(I) local educational agencies (as 
defined in section 8101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 21 7801)); 
and 
(II) high schools and schools that 
include one of the middle grades (as 
so defined) that are independent of 
any local educational agency; and 
(iv) operation and expansion of a 
teacher fellowship program to cultivate and 
support leaders in Holocaust education. 
(C) Engagement with State and local edu-
cation leaders to encourage the adoption of re-
sources supported under this Act into curricula 
across diverse disciplines. 
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(D) Evaluation and research to assess the 
effectiveness and impact of Holocaust education 
programs, which may include completion of the 
report required under section 8. 
(d) APPLICATIONS.—The Director may seek the en-
gagement of an eligible program participant under sub-
section (c) by requiring submission of an application to 
the Director at such time, in such manner, and based on 
such competitive criteria as the Director may require. 
SEC. 5. ONLINE HOLOCAUST EDUCATION RESOURCES. 
(a) WEBSITE.—The Director shall maintain on the 
website of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 
a special section designated for Holocaust education re-
sources to improve awareness and understanding of the 
Holocaust and educate individuals on the lessons of the 
Holocaust as a means to raise awareness about the impor-
tance of preventing genocide, hate, and bigotry against 
any group of people. The website and resources shall be 
made publically available. 
(b) INFORMATION
DISTRIBUTION.—The Director 
shall distribute information about the activities funded 
under this Act through the website of the United States 
Holocaust Memorial Museum, and shall respond to inquir-
ies for supplementary information concerning such activi-
ties. 
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