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Expressing the sense of the Congress that schools in the United States should honor the contributions of individuals from the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States by…

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Expressing the sense of the Congress that schools in the United States should honor the contributions of individuals from the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States by including such contributions in the teaching of United States history.

Introduced: April 6, 2006 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Feb 9, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Jan 4, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 4, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that schools in the United States should honor the contributions of individuals from Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands by including such contributions in the teaching of U.S. history.

What's happening now February 9, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 9
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Apr 6, 2006
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Apr 6, 2006
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Apr 6, 2006
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 6, 2006
Davis, Artur
· Apr 6, 2006
Meek, Kendrick
· Apr 6, 2006
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 6, 2006
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 6, 2006
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 6, 2006
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Apr 6, 2006
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Apr 6, 2006
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 3: Expressing the sense of the Congress that schools in the United States should honor the contributions of individuals from the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States by including such contributions in the teaching of United States history.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-3/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 3: Expressing the sense of the Congress that schools in the United States should honor the contributions of individuals from the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States by including such contributions in the teaching of United States history.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-3/.
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H. Con. Res. 3, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-3/.
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[H. Con. Res. 3: Expressing the sense of the Congress that schools in the United States should honor the contributions of individuals from the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States by including such contributions in the teaching of United States history.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-3/)
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