[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 227 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 227
To prohibit the use of certain American History and Civics Education
program funds for curriculum, or teaching or counseling, that promotes
or compels a divisive concept under the priorities noticed in the
proposed rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to
Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics Education.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 23, 2025
Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Sheehy, and Ms. Lummis)
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 prohibit the use of certain American History and Civics Education
program funds for curriculum, or teaching or counseling, that promotes
or compels a divisive concept under the priorities noticed in the
proposed rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to
Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics Education.
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 Act of 2025'' or the ``PEACE Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.
Section 2231 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 6661) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Prohibition.--
``(1) In general.--None of the funds made available to
carry out this subpart may be used to fund curriculum, or
teaching or counseling, that promotes or compels a divisive
concept under 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)).
``(2) Definitions.--In this section:
``(A) Promotes or compels a divisive concept.--The
term `promotes or compels a divisive concept', means
race stereotyping or race scapegoating, or promotion of
one or more of the following concepts:
``(i) One race is inherently superior to
another race.
``(ii) The United States is fundamentally
racist.
``(iii) An individual, by virtue of his or
her race, is inherently racist or oppressive,
whether consciously or unconsciously.
``(iv) An individual should be
discriminated against or receive adverse
treatment solely or partly because of his or
her race.
``(v) Members of one race cannot and should
not attempt to treat others without respect to
race.
``(vi) An individual's moral character is
necessarily determined by his or her race.
``(vii) An individual, by virtue of his or
her race, bears responsibility for actions
committed in the past by other members of the
same race.
``(viii) Any individual should feel
discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form
of psychological distress on account of his or
her race.
``(ix) Meritocracy or traits such as a hard
work ethic are racist, or were created by a
particular race to oppress another race.
``(B) The term `race scapegoating' means assigning
fault, blame, or bias to a race, or to members of a
race because of their race.
``(C) The term `race stereotyping' means ascribing
character traits, values, moral and ethical codes,
privileges, status, or beliefs to a race, or to an
individual because of the individual's race.''.
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