U.S. House · 118th Congress · H.R. 3434

Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History Act

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, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander descent in the settling and founding of America, the social, economic, and political environments that led to the development of discriminatory laws targeting Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders and their relation to current events, and the impact and contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the development and enhancement of American life, United States history, literature, the economy, politics, body of laws, and culture, and for other purposes.

Sponsor

Grace MengD-NY-6

Introduced

May 17, 2023, in the House

Issue areas

• Civil rights

Policy area

Native Americans (from the Congressional Research Service)

Full text and actions

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