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HR 2545 114th Congress House

Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to educational organizations to carry out educational programs about the Holocaust.

Introduced: June 11, 2015 See on congress.gov
Education Education programs fundingElementary and secondary educationReligionWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanityWorld history
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
May 21, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 21, 2015
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E786-787)
May 21, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 16, 2015

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act

This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education to award competitive grants to educational organizations to carry out proposed or existing Holocaust education programs.

Grants may not be used to supplant nonfederal funds the grantees would otherwise have used for Holocaust education programs.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 25, 2016
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 11, 2015
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 1, 2015
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · May 21, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2545: Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2545/
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"H.R. 2545: Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2545/.
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H.R. 2545, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2545/.
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