IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 276 
Expressing the sense of the House that more should be done to instill 
Holocaust education in school curricula around the country. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2017 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, 
Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. KIL-
MER, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 
MALONEY of New York, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. PALLONE, 
Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
SIRES, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. LEVIN, and 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House that more should be 
done to instill Holocaust education in school curricula 
around the country. 
Whereas more than 70 years after the conclusion of World 
War II, it is even more important now to remember the 
events of the Holocaust and the genocidal pursuits of the 
Nazi regime; 
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Whereas across the globe and here in the United States, trou-
bling numbers of people are ignorant of the events of the 
Holocaust, and there are even those who deny that the 
Holocaust occurred; 
Whereas hate groups continue to spread lies around the coun-
try, with the goal of perpetuating racist, xenophobic, and 
anti-Semitic principles; 
Whereas these insensitive beliefs are all too common, and 
only serve to dishonor those that were persecuted, tor-
tured, and killed at the hands of the Nazis; 
Whereas with each passing year we lose some of our greatest 
ambassadors and storytellers as Holocaust survivors age 
and pass away; 
Whereas in the words of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, not 
all victims were Jews, but all Jews were victims; 
Whereas many Members of Congress are proud to represent 
large populations of survivors in each of their districts; 
Whereas too many students are graduating with little expo-
sure to Holocaust education and its universal relevance; 
Whereas education about this tragedy is our best defense 
against unchecked intolerance and bigotry, and against 
history repeating itself; 
Whereas we are proud that 8 States require by law that 
schools teach students about the Holocaust and the les-
sons that can be learned from that tragic chapter of his-
tory, even in 2016; and 
Whereas Congress has consistently acted to preserve the 
memory of the Holocaust, including the establishment of 
a national Holocaust Remembrance Day in 1978: Now, 
therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That— 
(1) the House of Representatives— 
(A) commends Holocaust education activ-
ists on their longstanding efforts to include 
Holocaust education in States’ public school 
curricula across the country; and 
(B) encourages more States to enact legis-
lation mandating Holocaust education in their 
schools and support continued efforts to move 
this initiative forward; and 
(2) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that more should be done to instill in the Na-
tion’s future the promise that we will never forget 
the horrors of the Holocaust and must always work 
to prevent such atrocities from occurring in the fu-
ture. 
Æ 
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