I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9681 
To direct the Department of Education to conduct a study on Holocaust 
education efforts in public elementary and secondary schools, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 22, 2022 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Ms. MANNING, Mr. SHERMAN, 
Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To direct the Department of Education to conduct a study 
on Holocaust education efforts in public elementary and 
secondary schools, 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 ‘‘Holocaust Education 
and Antisemitism Lessons Act’’ or the ‘‘HEAL Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT ON HOLOCAUST EDUCATION. 
(a) STUDY.—Beginning not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
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Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Edu-
cation (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Director’’) shall con-
duct a study on Holocaust education efforts in public ele-
mentary and secondary schools. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the study under sub-
section (a), the Director shall— 
(1) identify States and local educational agen-
cies that require Holocaust education as part of the 
curriculum taught in public elementary and sec-
ondary schools; 
(2) identify States and local educational agen-
cies that do not require Holocaust education as part 
of the curriculum taught in public elementary and 
secondary schools; 
(3) assess the quality of Holocaust education 
provided by public elementary and secondary 
schools, including through the qualitative and quan-
titative analysis of such indicators as— 
(A) in-class discussion; 
(B) educational activities conducted out-
side the classroom, including homework assign-
ments; and 
(C) project based learning; 
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(4) assess the types and quality of instructional 
materials used to teach students about the Holo-
caust; 
(5) examine the duration and comprehensive-
ness of any Holocaust-related courses or lessons pro-
vided by public elementary and secondary schools; 
and 
(6) analyze the approaches used by such schools 
to assess students’ knowledge of the Holocaust, in-
cluding the use of traditional and nontraditional as-
sessments. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the completion of 
the study under subsection (a), the Director shall 
prepare and submit to Congress a report on the re-
sults of the study. 
(2) DEADLINE
FOR
SUBMITTAL.—The report 
under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later 
than the earlier of— 
(A) 180 days after the completion of the 
study under subsection (a); or 
(B) three years after the date of the enact-
ment of this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
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(1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘secondary 
school’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) HOLOCAUST.—The term ‘‘Holocaust’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 3 of the 
Never Again Education Act (Public Law 116–141; 
36 U.S.C. 2301 note). 
(3) HOLOCAUST EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘Holo-
caust education’’ means educational activities that 
are specifically intended— 
(A) to improve students’ awareness and 
understanding of the Holocaust; 
(B) to educate students 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; 
and 
(C) to study the history of antisemitism, 
its deep historical roots, the use of conspiracy 
theories and propaganda that target the Jewish 
people, and the shape-shifting nature of anti-
semitism over time. 
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(4) PROJECT
BASED
LEARNING.—The term 
‘‘project based learning’’ means a teaching method 
through which students learn by actively engaging in 
real-world and personally meaningful projects. 
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