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HR 595 109th Congress House

High School Athletics Accountability Act of 2005

Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make available information on e… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make available information on equality in school athletic programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 2, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 29, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Feb 2, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 2, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 29, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

High School Athletics Accountability Act of 2005 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct coeducational elementary and secondary schools, if they participate in any ESEA program, to: (1) report certain information on equality in their school athletic programs to the Commissioner for Educational Statistics; and (2) make such information available to their students and potential students, upon request, and to the public.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 15 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 27, 2005
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Apr 6, 2005
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 17, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Feb 15, 2005
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 15, 2005
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 15, 2005
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Feb 15, 2005
Brown-Waite, Ginny
· Feb 2, 2005
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Feb 2, 2005
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 2, 2005
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Feb 2, 2005
HARMAN, JANE
· Feb 2, 2005
KENNEDY, PATRICK
· Feb 2, 2005
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Feb 2, 2005
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 2, 2005
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 2, 2005
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Feb 2, 2005
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 2, 2005
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Feb 2, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 595: High School Athletics Accountability Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-595/
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"H.R. 595: High School Athletics Accountability Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-595/.
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H.R. 595, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-595/.
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