HR 5668 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Medically Accurate and Objective Sex Education Act

Introduced Oct 16, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Luis V. Gutierrez D-IL

Latest action · Oct 17, 2002 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1919)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedOct 16, 2002
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medically Accurate and Objective Sex Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit elementary or schools that receive ESEA funds from providing any factual information that is not medically accurate and objective in the course material or instruction for any sex education course.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 16, 2002.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-AZ	Ed Pastor	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-IL	Lane Evans	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-MI	Lynn N. Rivers	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Oct 16, 2002
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Original	Oct 16, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Oct 16, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 17, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1919)
Oct 16, 2002Introduced in House
Oct 16, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1919	Luis V. Gutierrez D-IL	Oct 17, 2002

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require medically accurate and objective factual information as part of any sex education course, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Medically Accurate and Objective Sex Education Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 16, 2002Introduced in House

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