U.S. House · 117th Congress · H.R. 5047
Empowering Local Curriculum Act
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide rules of construction that nothing in those Acts requires the use, teaching, promotion, or recommendation of any academic discipline, program, or activity that holds that the United States is a Nation founded on white supremacy and oppression, or that these forces are at the root of American society.
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- Sponsor
- Bob GoodR-VA-5
- Introduced
- August 17, 2021, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Education (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
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Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (16)
16 Republicans. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Rick W. AllenR-GA-12
- Madison CawthornR-NC-11
- Jeff DuncanR-SC-3
- Virginia FoxxR-NC-5
- Diana HarshbargerR-TN-1
- Mary E. MillerR-IL-15
- Burgess OwensR-UT-4
- Scott PerryR-PA-10
Signed on later
- Robert B. AderholtR-AL-4August 23, 2021
- Mo BrooksR-AL-5August 23, 2021
- Mark E. GreenR-TN-7August 23, 2021
- Brian BabinR-TX-36August 24, 2021
- Glenn GrothmanR-WI-6August 24, 2021
- Mike KellyR-PA-16August 24, 2021
- W. Gregory SteubeR-FL-17September 3, 2021
- Scott FranklinR-FL-15October 20, 2021