Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act
- Last Action
- 3/9/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-09Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- 2017-03-09Introduced in House
- 2017-03-09Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-03-09 (00)
Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to educational organizations to carry out proposed or existing Holocaust education programs.
ED may contract with a nonprofit organization to encourage, accept, and administer private donations and gifts for funding the education programs.
Grants may not be used to supplant nonfederal funds the grantees would otherwise have used for Holocaust education programs.
Cosponsors (16)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
- Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
- Kathleen Rice (D-NY)
- Brendan Boyle (D-PA)
- JOSEPH CROWLEY (D-NY)
- Al Green (D-TX)
- NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
- SANDER LEVIN (D-MI)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Donald Norcross (D-NJ)
- ANNA ESHOO (D-CA)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- NITA LOWEY (D-NY)
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Subjects
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Public contracts and procurement
- Religion
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
- World history
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