I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8606 
To reauthorize the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 
to support Holocaust education programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2024 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia (for himself, Ms. MANNING, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER, Mr. WILSON
of South Carolina, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Mr. MOOLENAAR, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Director of the United States Holocaust 
Memorial Museum to support Holocaust education pro-
grams, 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 ‘‘Never Again Education 
Reauthorization and Study Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
4(a) of the Never Again Education Act (Public Law 116– 
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141) is amended by striking ‘‘each of the 4 succeeding 
fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘each succeeding fiscal year 
through fiscal year 2030’’. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 4(c)(2)(D) of such Act 
(Public Law 116–141) is amended by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘, and completion of the 
study and report required under section 9’’. 
SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT ON HOLOCAUST EDUCATION. 
The Never Again Education Act (Public Law 116– 
141) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 9. STUDY AND REPORT ON HOLOCAUST EDUCATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall— 
‘‘(1) beginning not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this section, and ending not 
later than 18 months after such date of enact-
ment— 
‘‘(A) identify a nationally representative 
sample of States and local educational agencies; 
and 
‘‘(B) conduct a study on the Holocaust 
education program activities being carried out 
in such States and local educational agencies; 
and 
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‘‘(2) not later than 180 days after the comple-
tion of such study, prepare and submit to Congress 
a report on such study. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the study under 
subsection (a) with respect to the States and local edu-
cational agencies identified under paragraph (1)(A) of 
such subsection, the Director shall— 
‘‘(1) identify the States and local educational 
agencies that require Holocaust education program 
activities as part of the curriculum taught in public 
elementary schools and secondary schools, and of the 
States and local educational agencies so identified, 
which of such States and local educational agencies 
also provide optional Holocaust education program 
activities as part of such curriculum; 
‘‘(2) identify the States and local educational 
agencies that do not require Holocaust education 
program activities as part of such curriculum, and 
of the States and local educational agencies so iden-
tified, which of such States and local educational 
agencies provide optional Holocaust education pro-
gram activities as part of such curriculum; 
‘‘(3) determine the extent to which the States 
have developed standards and other requirements for 
Holocaust education programs provided in public el-
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ementary schools and secondary schools served by 
the local educational agencies in such State, and 
summarize the status of the implementation of such 
standards and requirements in such local edu-
cational agencies, including— 
‘‘(A) any centralized apparatus at the 
State or local level that collects and dissemi-
nates Holocaust education program curricula 
and materials; 
‘‘(B) any Holocaust education program 
professional 
development 
opportunities 
for 
preservice and in-service educators; 
‘‘(C) the involvement of Holocaust edu-
cation centers (including local Holocaust cen-
ters), museums (including local Holocaust mu-
seums), cultural centers, and other informal 
educational organizations in implementing Hol-
ocaust education programs; and 
‘‘(D) the adoption of United States Holo-
caust Memorial Museum resources (including 
the resources developed and disseminated pur-
suant to section 4(c)(1)) by entities at the State 
or local level, including local Holocaust muse-
ums and centers that disseminate Holocaust 
education program curricula; 
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‘‘(4) determine the methods educators in the 
public elementary schools and secondary schools in 
the States and local educational agencies are using 
that result in students successfully achieving in-
tended learning outcomes; 
‘‘(5) identify the approaches used by the States 
and local educational agencies to assess the achieve-
ment of such intended learning outcomes; 
‘‘(6) identify the types of instructional materials 
used in such public elementary schools and sec-
ondary schools to teach students about the Holo-
caust, including the use of primary source material; 
‘‘(7) identify the extent to which Holocaust edu-
cation programs at such public elementary schools 
and secondary schools teach the history of anti-
semitism, its deep historical roots, the use of con-
spiracy theories and propaganda that target the 
Jewish people, and the shapeshifting nature of anti-
semitism over time; and 
‘‘(8) identify— 
‘‘(A) in what disciplines the Holocaust is 
being taught at such public elementary schools 
and secondary schools; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of the public elementary 
schools and secondary schools in the States and 
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local educational agencies identified under para-
graph (1), the amount of time allotted in the 
required curriculum to teach about the Holo-
caust. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘ele-
mentary school’, ‘local educational agency’, ‘secondary 
school’, and ‘State’ have the meanings given those terms 
in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’. 
Æ 
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