HR 3119
116th Congress
House
Education
Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
User charges and fees
BEST Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 5, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jun 5, 2019
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching Act or the BEST Act
This bill directs the Department of Education to award renewable two-year grants to states to establish or improve, and carry out, Seal of Biliteracy programs to recognize student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in both English and a second language.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
18
PRICE, DAVID
Kennedy, Joseph
D
Pocan, Mark
D
Khanna, Ro
D
Luján, Ben Ray
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Soto, Darren
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Pallone, Frank
D
Moore, Gwen
D
Panetta, Jimmy
D
Tlaib, Rashida
SERRANO, JOSE
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
D
Chu, Judy
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
LANGEVIN, JAMES
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3119: BEST Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3119/
"H.R. 3119: BEST Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3119/.
H.R. 3119, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3119/.
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