Protect Equality And Civics Education (PEACE) Act

Bill: 117-hr-3137
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2021-05-12
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protect Equality And Civics Education (PEACE) Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the use of FY2021 federal education funding for the priorities noticed in the Department of Education's proposed rule titled <em>Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics Education</em>, published on April 19, 2021, or for a priority or requirement related to the teaching of critical race theory under a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3137 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 12, 2021 Mr. Cawthorn (for himself and Ms. Foxx ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend title III of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to prohibit the expenditure of funds on the priorities noticed in the proposed rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics Education, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Equality And Civics Education (PEACE) Act . 2. Limitation on use of funds After section 318 of title III of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ), insert the following: 319. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to fund the priorities noticed in the proposed rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics Education (published at 86 Fed. Reg. 20348 (April 19, 2021)), or any other priority or requirement related to the teaching of Critical Race Theory under any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement. .