Defending Hunters' Education Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 9/6/2023
Actions
- 2023-09-06Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2023-09-06Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-09-06 (00)
Defending Hunters' Education Act of 2023
This bill authorizes the use of federal elementary and secondary education funds to purchase or use dangerous weapons for purposes of providing students with educational enrichment activities and instruction, such as archery, hunter safety education, or culinary arts.
Current law prohibits the use of these funds to provide any person with a dangerous weapon or training in the use of a dangerous weapon. The bill specifies that this prohibition shall not apply to the use of these funds for permissible program activities that provide students with educational enrichment activities and instruction, such as archery, hunter safety education, or culinary arts.
Cosponsors (14)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Susan Collins (R-ME)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Joseph Manchin (D-WV)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Angus King (I-ME)
- Ben Luján (D-NM)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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