[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2828 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2828

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to clarify 
that the prohibition on the use of Federal education funds for certain 
 weapons does not apply to the use of such weapons in certain programs 
  for activities such as archery, hunting, other shooting sports, or 
                             culinary arts.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2023

  Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Tillis) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to clarify 
that the prohibition on the use of Federal education funds for certain 
 weapons does not apply to the use of such weapons in certain programs 
  for activities such as archery, hunting, other shooting sports, or 
                             culinary arts.

    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 ``Protecting Hunting Heritage and 
Education Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL EDUCATION FUNDS 
              FOR CERTAIN WEAPONS AND RELATED TRAINING.

    Section 8526(7) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7906(7)) is amended by inserting ``, except that this 
paragraph shall not apply to the use of funds under this Act for 
activities carried out under programs authorized by this Act that are 
otherwise permissible under such programs and that provide students 
with educational instruction or educational enrichment activities, such 
as archery, hunting, other shooting sports, or culinary arts'' before 
the period at the end.
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