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Union Calendar No. 498 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8606 
[Report No. 118–598] 
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 
JULY 18, 2024 
Additional sponsor: Mr. KILEY 
JULY 18, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 4, 2024] 
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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– 
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 enactment— 
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‘‘(A) identify a nationally representative 
sample of States and local educational agencies; 
and 
‘‘(B) conduct a study on the Holocaust edu-
cation program activities being carried out in 
such States and local educational agencies; and 
‘‘(2) not later than 180 days after the completion 
of such study, prepare and submit to Congress a re-
port on such study. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the study under sub-
section (a) with respect to the States and local educational 
agencies identified under paragraph (1)(A) of such sub-
section, 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 
secondary schools, and of the States and local edu-
cational 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 pro-
gram activities as part of such curriculum, and of the 
States and local educational agencies so identified, 
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which of such States and local educational agencies 
provide optional Holocaust education program activi-
ties 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 sec-
ondary schools served by the local educational agen-
cies in such State, and summarize the status of the 
implementation of such standards and requirements 
in such local educational agencies, including— 
‘‘(A) any centralized apparatus at the State 
or local level that collects and disseminates Holo-
caust education program curricula and mate-
rials; 
‘‘(B) any Holocaust education program pro-
fessional development opportunities for preservice 
and in-service educators; 
‘‘(C) the involvement of Holocaust education 
centers (including local Holocaust centers), mu-
seums (including local Holocaust museums), cul-
tural centers, and other informal educational or-
ganizations in implementing Holocaust edu-
cation programs; 
‘‘(D) the adoption of United States Holo-
caust Memorial Museum resources (including the 
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resources developed and disseminated pursuant 
to section 4(c)(1)) by entities at the State or 
local level, including local Holocaust museums 
and centers that disseminate Holocaust edu-
cation program curricula; and 
‘‘(E) criteria used by such States and local 
educational agencies to evaluate the effectiveness 
of Holocaust education programs offered in such 
States and local educational agencies; 
‘‘(4) determine the methods educators in the pub-
lic secondary schools in the States and local edu-
cational agencies are using that result in students 
successfully achieving intended 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 secondary schools to teach stu-
dents about the Holocaust, including the use of pri-
mary source material; 
‘‘(7) identify the extent to which Holocaust edu-
cation programs at such public secondary schools 
teach the history of antisemitism, its deep historical 
roots, the use of conspiracy theories and propaganda 
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that target the Jewish people, and the shapeshifting 
nature of antisemitism over time; and 
‘‘(8) identify— 
‘‘(A) in what disciplines the Holocaust is 
being taught at such public secondary schools; 
and 
‘‘(B) in the case of the public secondary 
schools in the States and local educational agen-
cies identified under paragraph (1), the amount 
of time allotted in the required curriculum to 
teach about the Holocaust. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘local 
educational agency’, ‘secondary school’, and ‘State’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801).’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 498 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8606 
[Report No. 118–598] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Director of the United States 
Holocaust Memorial Museum to support Holo-
caust education programs, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 18, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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