I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6123 
To develop and disseminate a civic education curriculum and oral history 
resources regarding certain political ideologies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2021 
Ms. SALAZAR (for herself, Ms. STEFANIK, Mrs. SPARTZ, Mr. SMUCKER, Ms. 
FOXX, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. OWENS, Mr. POSEY, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. DIAZ- 
BALART, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. CREN-
SHAW, Mr. BOST, Mr. DUNN, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. 
BABIN, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. JACOBS of New York, Mr. 
BAIRD, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. MCKIN-
LEY, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. BUDD, Mrs. 
MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. HILL, Mr. 
CAWTHORN, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 
UPTON, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. GOH-
MERT, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. 
KATKO, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. 
PFLUGER, Mr. VAN
DREW, Mr. TONY
GONZALES
of Texas, Mr. 
LAMALFA, Mr. COLE, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. MEIJER, Mr. SMITH of Ne-
braska, Mr. FALLON, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mrs. STEEL, Mr. MCCLIN-
TOCK, Mr. VALADAO, and Mr. SESSIONS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To develop and disseminate a civic education curriculum 
and oral history resources regarding certain political 
ideologies, 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 ‘‘Crucial Communism 
Teaching Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are the following: 
(1) To help families, civic institutions, local 
communities, 
local 
educational 
agencies, 
high 
schools, and State educational agencies to prepare 
high school students to be civically responsible and 
knowledgeable adults. 
(2) To ensure that high school students in the 
United States— 
(A) learn that communism has led to the 
deaths of over 100,000,000 victims worldwide; 
(B) understand the dangers of communism 
and similar political ideologies; and 
(C) understand that 1,500,000,000 people 
still suffer under communism. 
SEC. 3. DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF CIVIC EDU-
CATION CURRICULUM AND ORAL HISTORY 
RESOURCES. 
The independent entity created under section 
905(b)(1)(B) of the FRIENDSHIP Act (40 U.S.C. 1003 
note; 107 Stat. 2331 note), also known as the ‘‘Victims 
of Communism Memorial Foundation’’, shall— 
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(1) develop a civic education curriculum for 
high school students that— 
(A) includes a comparative discussion of 
certain political ideologies, including com-
munism and totalitarianism, that conflict with 
the principles of freedom and democracy that 
are essential to the founding of the United 
States; 
(B) is accurate, relevant, and accessible, so 
as to promote the understanding of such polit-
ical ideologies; and 
(C) is compatible with a variety of courses, 
including social studies, government, history, 
and economics classes; 
(2) develop oral history resources that may be 
used alongside the curriculum described in para-
graph (1) and that include personal stories, titled 
‘‘Portraits in Patriotism’’, from diverse individuals 
who— 
(A) demonstrate civic-minded qualities; 
(B) are victims of the political ideologies 
described in paragraph (1)(A); and 
(C) are able to compare the political 
ideologies described in paragraph (1)(A) with 
the political ideology of the United States; and 
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