119-s227

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 227 Introduced in Senate

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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:
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            (c) Prohibition.--
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    (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)).
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    (2) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:
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        (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:
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            (i) One race is inherently superior to 
 another race.
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            (ii) The United States is fundamentally 
 racist.
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            (iii) An individual, by virtue of his or 
 her race, is inherently racist or oppressive, 
 whether consciously or unconsciously.
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            (iv) An individual should be 
 discriminated against or receive adverse 
 treatment solely or partly because of his or 
 her race.
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            (v) Members of one race cannot and should 
 not attempt to treat others without respect to 
 race.
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            (vi) An individual's moral character is 
 necessarily determined by his or her race.
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            (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.
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            (viii) Any individual should feel 
 discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form 
 of psychological distress on account of his or 
 her race.
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            (ix) Meritocracy or traits such as a hard 
 work ethic are racist, or were created by a 
 particular race to oppress another race.
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        (B) The term `race scapegoating' means assigning 
 fault, blame, or bias to a race, or to members of a 
 race because of their race.
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            (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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