HRES 609 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of providing fair and up-to-date teaching in United States secondary schools of the developments of modern day Russia.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 27, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedDec 14, 2005
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Applauds public and private school officials who are trying to improve the history curriculum in secondary schools in the United States

Calls on school officials to reexamine such curriculum to ensure fair and up-to-date teaching of the developments of modern day Russia.

Calls on publishers of history textbooks to include more information and additional points of view regarding Russian history in new versions of textbooks or as supplementary materials.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 27, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
  2. Dec 14, 2005Introduced in House
  3. Dec 14, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 14, 2005Introduced in House

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