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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4923 
To prohibit Federal funding for educational agencies and schools whose stu-
dents 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 3, 2021 
Mr. SMITH of Missouri (for himself, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, and Ms. 
HERRELL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Love America Act of 
2021’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Since the founding of the United States, the 
institutions of the United States of America have set 
the worldwide standard for promoting democracy, 
freedom, liberty, and virtue. 
(2) Increasingly, students across the country 
are being taught misinformation, including that the 
principles of the founding of the United States were 
lies from the start, that the core institutions of the 
United States are fundamentally racist and designed 
to propagate racism, and that it is acceptable to im-
pute guilt to present-day individuals based on the 
color of their skin, rather than the content of their 
character. 
(3) The best antidote to misinformation is the 
truth, which is reflected in the documents relating to 
the founding of the United States and other arti-
facts of the United States, including the Declaration 
of Independence, the Constitution of the United 
States, and the Pledge of Allegiance. 
SEC. 3. POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States that students 
in elementary and secondary school should know the truth 
about the history and documents relating to the founding 
of the United States, which express the principles that 
unite the people of the United States, including the Dec-
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laration of Independence, the Constitution of the United 
States, and the Pledge of Allegiance. 
SEC. 
4. 
DEFINITION 
OF 
EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCY 
OR 
SCHOOL. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘educational agency or school’’ 
means— 
(1) an elementary school, as defined in section 
8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); 
(2) a secondary school, as defined in such sec-
tion; 
(3) a local educational agency, as defined in 
such section; or 
(4) a State educational agency, as defined in 
such section. 
SEC. 5. RESTRICTIONS ON FEDERAL FUNDS TO EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS. 
(a) RESTRICTION ON FEDERAL FUNDS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, Federal funds shall 
only be provided to an educational agency or school in 
which— 
(1) students in the first grade read and are able 
to recite the Pledge of Allegiance; 
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(2) students in the fourth grade read the Con-
stitution of the United States and are able to recite 
its preamble; 
(3) students in the eighth grade read the Dec-
laration of Independence and are able to recite its 
preamble; and 
(4) students in the tenth grade read and are 
able to identify the Bill of Rights. 
(b) RESTRICTION ON FEDERAL FUNDS FOR TEACH-
ING THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENTS ARE PRODUCTS
OF 
WHITE SUPREMACY OR RACISM.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no Federal funds shall be provided 
to an educational agency or school that teaches that the 
Pledge of Allegiance, the Declaration of Independence, or 
the Constitution of the United States is a product of white 
supremacy or racism. 
SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit any 
right of students guaranteed under the First Amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States. 
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