S 2735 118th Congress Senate Education

Defending Hunters' Education Act of 2023

Introduced: September 6, 2023 See on congress.gov

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Sep 6, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sep 6, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Defending Hunters' Education Act of 2023

This bill authorizes the use of federal elementary and secondary education funds to purchase or use dangerous weapons for purposes of providing students with educational enrichment activities and instruction, such as archery, hunter safety education, or culinary arts.

Current law prohibits the use of these funds to provide any person with a dangerous weapon or training in the use of a dangerous weapon. The bill specifies that this prohibition shall not apply to the use of these funds for permissible program activities that provide students with educational enrichment activities and instruction, such as archery, hunter safety education, or culinary arts.

What's happening now September 6, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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