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HR 2308 113th Congress House

Teaching Children to Save Lives Act of 2013

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training i… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools.

Introduced: July 18, 2013 See on congress.gov
Education Cardiovascular and respiratory healthChild healthEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary education
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Emergency medical services and trauma careHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, supplies
This bill died when the 113th Congress ended
It never became law before the 113th Congress (2013–2014) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jul 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Jun 14, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 11, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 11, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 8, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Teaching Children to Save Lives Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies or public elementary or secondary schools to implement nationally recognized cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training courses.

Allows a grant to be used to purchase an AED training device if the grantee implements or has implemented an AED training program in conjunction with a CPR training program.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2308: Teaching Children to Save Lives Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2308/
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"H.R. 2308: Teaching Children to Save Lives Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2308/.
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H.R. 2308, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2308/.
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