Protect Equality And Civics Education (PEACE) Act

Protect Equality And Civics Education (PEACE) Act

This bill prohibits the use of FY2021 federal education funding for the priorities noticed in the Department of Education's proposed rule titled Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics Education, 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.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3137 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3137

  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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Equality And Civics 
Education (PEACE) Act''.

SEC. 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:
    ``Sec. 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.''.
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