Defending Hunters' Education Act of 2023
Official title: A bill to clarify that section 8526(7) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 does not apply with respect to the use of funds for activities car… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill to clarify that section 8526(7) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 does not apply with respect to the use of funds for activities carried out under programs authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 that are otherwise permissible under such programs and that provide students with educational enrichment activities and instruction, such as archery, hunter safety education, or culinary arts.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2735: Defending Hunters' Education Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2735/
"S. 2735: Defending Hunters' Education Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2735/.
S. 2735, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2735/.
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