I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5460 
To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities 
to carry out educational programs about the Holocaust, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2018 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. 
ROSKAM, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. GRANGER, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, 
Mr. DEUTCH, and Mr. VEASEY) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants 
to eligible entities to carry out educational programs 
about the Holocaust, 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 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The United States has demonstrated a com-
mitment to remembrance and education about the 
Holocaust through bilateral relationships and en-
gagement in international organizations such as the 
United Nations (UN) and the International Holo-
caust Remembrance Association (IHRA); the United 
States works to promote Holocaust education as a 
means to understand the importance of democratic 
principles, use and abuse of power, and to raise 
awareness about the importance of genocide preven-
tion today. 
(2) The Congress has played a critical role in 
preserving the memory of the Holocaust and pro-
moting awareness, including by authorizing the 
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as an 
independent establishment of the Federal Govern-
ment to ensure that ‘‘the study of the Holocaust be-
come part of the curriculum in every school system 
in the country’’, as well as by establishing a national 
Holocaust Remembrance Day in 1978. 
(3) The Congress has gone on record in support 
of expanded Holocaust education to increase aware-
ness about Holocaust history, counter prejudice and 
discrimination, and enhance efforts to teach its uni-
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versal lessons about human behavior and societal co-
hesion. 
(4) More than 70 years after the conclusion of 
World War II, with the decreasing number of eye-
witnesses and growing distance of students and their 
families from this history, it is important to institu-
tionalize education about the events of the Holocaust 
such as the Nazis’ racist ideology, propaganda, and 
plan to lead a state to war and, with their collabo-
rators, kill millions—including the systematic mur-
der of 6,000,000 Jewish people; as well as the perse-
cution and murder of millions of others in the name 
of racial purity, political, ideological, and behavioral 
grounds, among them Roma, the disabled, the Slavic 
people, Communists, Socialists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, 
and homosexuals. 
(5) As intolerance, antisemitism, bigotry, and 
all forms of hate are promoted by hate groups, Holo-
caust education provides a context to learn about the 
danger of what can happen when hate goes unchal-
lenged and there is indifference in the face of the 
oppression of others. Learning how and why the 
Holocaust happened is an important component of 
the education of citizens of the United States. 
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(6) Today, those who deny that the Holocaust 
occurred or distort the true nature of the Holocaust 
continue to find forums, especially online; this denial 
and distortion dishonors those who were persecuted, 
and murdered. This makes it even more of a na-
tional imperative to educate students in the United 
States so that they may explore the lessons that the 
Holocaust provides for all people, sensitize commu-
nities to the circumstances that gave rise to the Hol-
ocaust, and help youth be less susceptible to the 
falsehood of Holocaust denial and distortion and to 
the destructive messages of hate that arise from 
Holocaust denial and distortion. 
(7) Currently, 8 States (California, Florida, Illi-
nois, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and 
Rhode Island) require by law that schools teach stu-
dents about the Holocaust; more schools and teach-
ers can and should deliver quality Holocaust edu-
cation. While there are thriving professional develop-
ment programs across the United States delivered by 
Holocaust education centers, such as members of the 
Association of Holocaust Organizations, many stu-
dents still have little exposure to education about the 
events of the Holocaust and its relevance to their 
lives. This is, in part, due to the many financial and 
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logistical barriers to getting resources from Holo-
caust education centers to students in the classroom. 
(8) The Federal Government, especially the De-
partment of Education, has a role to play in pro-
moting resources and training that can assist teach-
ers and educational institutions to incorporate the 
study of the Holocaust into their schools, to help en-
sure that students have access to accurate and en-
gaging historical information about the Holocaust. 
The Department of Education is well-positioned to 
assist Holocaust education centers in overcoming 
many of the barriers to expanding Holocaust edu-
cation, which will allow more students to learn the 
lessons of the Holocaust. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) a local educational agency (as defined 
in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801)); 
(B) an organization eligible to receive 
funds under part B of title IV of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 7171 et seq.); or 
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(C) a secondary school (as defined in sec-
tion 8101 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7801)), that 
is independent of any local educational agency. 
(2) ANTISEMITISM.—The term ‘‘antisemitism’’ 
means a certain perception of Jews, which may be 
expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and 
physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed 
toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or 
their property, toward Jewish community institu-
tions and religious facilities. 
(3) HOLOCAUST.—The term ‘‘the Holocaust’’ 
means the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored 
persecution and murder of approximately 6,000,000 
Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. Dur-
ing the era of the Holocaust, German authorities 
also targeted other groups because of their perceived 
‘‘racial inferiority’’, such as Roma gypsies, the dis-
abled, and some of the Slavic people (Poles, Rus-
sians, and others). Other groups were persecuted on 
political, ideological, and behavioral grounds, among 
them Communists, Socialists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, 
and homosexuals. 
(4) HOLOCAUST
DENIAL
AND
DISTORTION.— 
The term ‘‘Holocaust denial and distortion’’ means 
discourse and propaganda that deny the historical 
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reality and the extent of the extermination of the 
Jews by the Nazis and their accomplices during 
World War II, known as the Holocaust or the USC 
Shoah. Holocaust denial refers specifically to any at-
tempt to claim that the Holocaust did not take 
place. Holocaust distortion refers to intentional ef-
forts to excuse or minimize the impact of the Holo-
caust or its principal elements, including collabo-
rators and allies of Nazi Germany, to blame the 
Jews for causing their own genocide, or to portray 
the Holocaust as a positive historical event. 
(5) HOLOCAUST
EDUCATION
CENTER.—The 
term ‘‘Holocaust education center’’ means an insti-
tution that furthers the teaching and learning about 
the Holocaust by offering programs for students and 
training for teachers and other types of professional 
leadership audiences. 
(6) HOLOCAUST
EDUCATION
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘Holocaust education program’’ means a pro-
gram that— 
(A) has as its specific and primary purpose 
to improve awareness and understanding of the 
Holocaust and educate students on the lessons 
of the Holocaust as a means to raise awareness 
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about the importance of preventing genocide, 
hate, and bigotry against any group of people; 
(B) is delivered to students enrolled in 
middle grades or high school as both such 
terms are defined in section 8101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; 
(C) uses stories, testimonies, photos, dia-
ries and other educational tools to support un-
derstanding rather than for shock value or sen-
sationalism; and 
(D) furnishes one or more of the following: 
(i) Educational materials that are 
age- and grade-appropriate. 
(ii) Student and school-based activi-
ties, including field trips. 
(iii) The hiring of professional Holo-
caust educators to lead programming. 
(iv) Teacher training. 
(v) Programming that includes the 
following subjects where appropriate in in-
struction: 
(I) The breadth of the history of 
the Holocaust, including, the Third 
Reich 
dictatorship, 
concentration 
camp system, persecution of Jews and 
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non-Jews, Jewish and non-Jewish re-
sistance, and post-World War II 
trials. 
(II) Antisemitism, racism, and 
the abridgement of human and civil 
rights. 
(vi) Instruction in the content of Hol-
ocaust education that includes— 
(I) presentation of historically ac-
curate information; 
(II) correct terminology, vocabu-
lary, and labels, and encouraging stu-
dents to use this vocabulary; and 
(III) primary documents, includ-
ing personal testimony and sound his-
torical research from respected re-
sources. 
(vii) 
Supplementary 
resources 
re-
quired for teacher training, including 
transportation for teachers to and from 
training programs, housing at training pro-
grams, payment for substitute teachers 
while teachers are at training, and trans-
portation of trainers to schools to provide 
training. 
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(viii) Goods or services designed to 
improve awareness and understanding of 
the Holocaust. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
SEC. 4. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
(a) FUND ESTABLISHED.—There is established in 
the general fund of the Treasury a separate account which 
shall be known as the ‘‘Holocaust Education Assistance 
Program Fund’’. To the extent provided in advance in ap-
propriations Acts, amounts deposited into the Holocaust 
Education Assistance Program Fund shall remain avail-
able until expended to the Secretary to carry out the pur-
poses of this Act in accordance with subsection (d). 
(b) ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS.—In furtherance of 
the purposes of this Act, the Secretary is authorized to 
accept donations of funds and in-kind contributions. Any 
funds donated under this subsection, and any proceeds 
from the sales of other property received as gifts or be-
quests pursuant to this subsection, shall be deposited in 
the Holocaust Education Assistance Program Fund. 
(c) LIMITATION.—A donation may not be accepted 
under subsection (b) in exchange for a commitment to the 
donor on the part of the Secretary or which attaches con-
ditions inconsistent with applicable laws and regulations 
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or that is conditioned upon or will require the expenditure 
of appropriated funds that are not available to the Sec-
retary, or which compromises a criminal or civil position 
of the United States or any of its departments or agencies 
or the administrative authority of any agency of the 
United States. The Secretary shall ensure that each dona-
tion is subject to an agreement that contains provisions 
setting forth the criteria to be used in determining wheth-
er the acceptance of a donation is prohibited because the 
donation would reflect unfavorably upon the ability of the 
Department, or any official or employee of the Depart-
ment, to carry out its responsibilities or official duties in 
a fair and objective manner, or would compromise the in-
tegrity or the appearance of the integrity of its programs 
or any official or employee involved in those programs. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 
to use funds from the Holocaust Education Assist-
ance Program Fund— 
(A) to award grants to eligible entities to 
carry out Holocaust education programs; 
(B) to conduct periodic regional work-
shops, in partnership with Holocaust education 
centers when and where appropriate, to provide 
teachers with technical assistance on how to 
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