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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2464
To direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants to promote Holocaust 
education and awareness. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2003
Mr. SAXTON (for himself and Mr. ANDREWS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants to 
promote Holocaust education and awareness.
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 Awareness Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Holocaust was the government-spon-
sored event that occurred in Europe between 1933 
and 1945 in which Nazis and their collaborators—
both to suppress dissidence and in the name of ra-
cial, ethnic, and social purity—systemically mur-
dered 11 million people, including Jews, Jehovah’s 
Witnesses, Serbs, Gypsies, homosexuals, Polish intel-
ligentsia, and German opponents of Nazism. 
(2) Six States—California, Florida, Illinois, 
Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York—cur-
rently mandate that the Holocaust be taught in the 
educational curriculum and ten States—Connecticut, 
Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and 
Washington—recommend teaching the Holocaust 
but do not provide sufficient funds to assist in train-
ing and educating teachers about it. 
(3) Revisionist historians and Holocaust deniers 
throughout the world, including those in the United 
States, perpetuate inaccuracies and falsehoods re-
garding the Holocaust and thereby make it more dif-
ficult for educators effectively to teach students 
about the Holocaust. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION AND AWARE-
NESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall 
devise and administer a program to make grants—
(1) to provide the necessary tools and resources 
to educate Americans regarding the Holocaust; 
(2) to dispel falsehoods circulated by Holocaust 
deniers; and 
(3) to facilitate Holocaust awareness in commu-
nities throughout the United States. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Such program shall—
(1) provide for grants of not more than 
$10,000 each for new or existing Holocaust edu-
cation programs; 
(2) condition each grant on assurance of match-
ing funds either from State or local governmental 
sources or from private sources, or from both, com-
bined to total not less than 50 percent of the 
amount of Federal funds to be provided by such 
grant; and 
(3) be established in coordination with the 
United States Holocaust Memorial Council estab-
lished under chapter 23 of title 36, United States 
Code. 
(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation shall submit to the Congress a report detailing the 
criteria used in administering the grant program in sub-
section (a) and listing program expenditures and grant 
amounts and recipients. Such report shall be submitted
not later than 180 days after the date on which funds 
are appropriated to carry out this Act and twice annually 
thereafter for the duration of the program. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘Holocaust’’ means the historical 
event described in section 2(1). 
(2) The term ‘‘Holocaust education program’’ 
means a program which encourages and promotes 
awareness and historical accuracy about the Holo-
caust in public and private schools, community 
groups, State and local governments, and other or-
ganizations. 
(e) REGULATIONS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Education may establish regulations to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 
2008, to remain available until expended.
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