HRES 397
117th Congress
House
Education
Civics education
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Elementary and secondary education
Racial and ethnic relations
Rule of law and government transparency
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Critical Race Theory serves as a prejudicial ideological tool, rather than an educational tool, and should not be taught in K-12 classrooms…
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May 14, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
May 14, 2021
Introduced in House
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This resolution calls on the Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Education and state attorneys general to assist elementary and secondary schools in complying with existing civil rights laws and investigate and enforce such laws. In addition, the resolution condemns the practice of requiring teachers to receive education in critical race theory as a condition of certification.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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Diaz-Balart, Mario
Posey, Bill
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Aderholt, Robert B.
Rodgers, Cathy
Duncan, Jeff
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Obernolte, Jay
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Bergman, Jack
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McClain, Lisa C.
Hartzler, Vicky
Gaetz, Matt
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Newhouse, Dan
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Schweikert, David
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Carter, John R.
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Franklin, Scott
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Fulcher, Russ
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Norman, Ralph
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Wilson, Joe
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Allen, Rick W.
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Babin, Brian
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Banks, Jim
Bishop, Dan
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Boebert, Lauren
Brooks, Mo
Buck, Ken
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Calvert, Ken
Cawthorn, Madison
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Cloud, Michael
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Donalds, Byron
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Fallon, Pat
Good, Bob
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Grothman, Glenn
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Harris, Andy
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Harshbarger, Diana
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Issa, Darrell
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Jackson, Ronny
Jacobs, Chris
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Joyce, John
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Kelly, Mike
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Mast, Brian J.
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Moolenaar, John R.
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Perry, Scott
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Reschenthaler, Guy
Rice, Tom
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Rouzer, David
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Roy, Chip
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Scott, Austin
Stewart, Chris
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Tiffany, Thomas P.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 397: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Critical Race Theory serves as a prejudicial ideological tool, rather than an educational tool, and should not be taught in K-12 classrooms as a way to teach students to judge individuals based on sex, race, ethnicity, and national origin.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-397/
"H. Res. 397: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Critical Race Theory serves as a prejudicial ideological tool, rather than an educational tool, and should not be taught in K-12 classrooms as a way to teach students to judge individuals based on sex, race, ethnicity, and national origin.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-397/.
H. Res. 397, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-397/.
[H. Res. 397: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Critical Race Theory serves as a prejudicial ideological tool, rather than an educational tool, and should not be taught in K-12 classrooms as a way to teach students to judge individuals based on sex, race, ethnicity, and national origin.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-397/)