I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8254 
To direct the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 
to develop a curriculum for the study of modern-day antisemitism sur-
rounding Hamas’ October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks against Israel for 
use in secondary schools, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2024 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself and Mrs. STEEL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To direct the Director of the United States Holocaust Memo-
rial Museum to develop a curriculum for the study of 
modern-day antisemitism surrounding Hamas’ October 
7, 2023, terrorist attacks against Israel for use in sec-
ondary 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 ‘‘October 7 Remem-
brance Education Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CURRICULUM FOR THE STUDY OF ANTISEMITISM 
SURROUNDING AND LEADING UP TO HAMAS’ 
OCTOBER 
7, 
2023, 
TERRORIST 
ATTACKS 
AGAINST ISRAEL. 
(a) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.—Beginning not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the United States Holocaust Me-
morial Museum (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Director’’) 
shall develop a curriculum for the study of Hamas’ Octo-
ber 7, 2023, terrorist attacks against Israel, for use in 
secondary schools. Such curriculum shall include informa-
tion on— 
(1) the heinous and brutal attacks committed 
against Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023; 
(2) the history of antisemitism and how it 
played a role in such attacks; 
(3) how antisemitism and anti-Israel rhetoric 
spread throughout the United States and on cam-
puses of institutions of higher education following 
such attacks; 
(4) how social media accelerated the spread of 
antisemitism and anti-Israel rhetoric following such 
attacks; and 
(5) denial and distortion as a form of anti-
semitism in the wake of such attacks. 
(b) REPORT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the completion of 
the curriculum development under subsection (a), 
the Director shall prepare and submit to Congress a 
report on the curriculum described in subsection (a). 
(2) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION.—The report 
under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later 
than the earlier of— 
(A) 180 days after the completion of the 
curriculum development under subsection (a); 
or 
(B) 3 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this section. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) ANTISEMITISM.—The term ‘‘antisemitism’’ 
has the meaning given the working definition of 
antisemitism adopted by the International Holocaust 
Remembrance Alliance on May 26, 2016, including 
the contemporary examples of antisemitism cited by 
the Alliance. 
(2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local edu-
cational agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State’’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 8101 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
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(3) HAMAS’ OCTOBER 7, 2023, TERRORIST AT-
TACKS AGAINST ISRAEL.—The term ‘‘Hamas’ Octo-
ber 7, 2023, terrorist attacks against Israel’’ refers 
to the surprise land, sea, and air attacks against 
Israel led by the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group 
Hamas (a United States-designated foreign terrorist 
organization) from the Gaza Strip on October 7, 
2023 (the Jewish holiday Simchat Torah and 50 
years after the 1973 Yom Kippur War), in which 
Hamas brutally murdered, decapitated, burned alive, 
and raped over 1,200 men, women, children, and el-
derly, and kidnapped over 240 people, including 
Americans. 
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