U.S. Senate · 117th Congress · S. 4275
Teaching Asian Pacific American History Act
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs that include the history of peoples of Asian and Pacific Islander descent in the setting and founding of America, the social, economic, and political environments that led to the development of discriminatory laws targeting Asians and Pacific Islanders and their relation to current events, and the impact and contributions of Asian Americans to the development and enhancement of American life, United States history, literature, the economy, politics, body of laws, and culture, and for other purposes.
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- Sponsor
- Mazie K. HironoD-HI
- Introduced
- May 19, 2022, in the Senate
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Education (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
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Cosponsors (9)
9 Democrats. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Cory A. BookerD-NJ
- Tammy DuckworthD-IL
- Dianne FeinsteinD-CA
- Amy KlobucharD-MN
- Ben Ray LujánD-NM
- Alex PadillaD-CA
- Jacky RosenD-NV
- Tina SmithD-MN
- Elizabeth WarrenD-MA