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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3345 
To abolish the Department of Education, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2025 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. MOORE of Alabama) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To abolish the Department of Education, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Sovereign States Edu-
cation Restoration Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ABOLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 
Effective on the date that is 270 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Department of Education 
is abolished, and, with the exception of the programs 
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transferred under section 3, any program for which the 
Secretary of Education or the Department of Education 
has administrative responsibility as provided by law or by 
delegation of authority pursuant to law is repealed, includ-
ing each program under the following: 
(1) The Department of Education Organization 
Act (20 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.). 
(2) The General Education Provisions Act (20 
U.S.C. 1221 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF EDU-
CATION PROGRAMS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act— 
(1) all functions, programs, and authorities of 
the Secretary of Education under the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1460 et 
seq.) shall be transferred to the Department of 
Health and Human Services; 
(2) each authority and program of the Office of 
Indian Education of the Department of Education 
shall be transferred to the Department of the Inte-
rior; 
(3) each Impact Aid program under title VIII 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
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1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) shall be transferred 
to the Department of Health and Human Services; 
(4) the Federal Pell Grant program under title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a) shall be transferred to the Department of 
the Treasury; 
(5) the Federal Family Education Loan Pro-
gram under part B of such title IV shall be trans-
ferred to the Department of the Treasury; 
(6) the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan 
Program under part D of such title IV shall be 
transferred to the Department of the Treasury; 
(7) the Federal Perkins Loans Program under 
part E of such title IV shall be transferred to the 
Department of the Treasury; 
(8) the activities described in part F, G, or H 
of title IV that are carried out by the Department 
of Education shall be transferred so as to be carried 
out by the Department of Treasury; 
(9) the Health Education Assistance Loan pro-
gram under title VII of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 292 et seq.) shall be transferred to 
the Department of Treasury; and 
(10) the programs under the Education 
Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501 et 
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