HR 2152 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act

Introduced Jun 13, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Steny H. Hoyer D-MD

Latest action · Sep 8, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Progress

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IntroducedJun 13, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act - Reauthorizes the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 for FY2012-FY2016.

Directs the Secretary of State to act through the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs in awarding grants or entering agreements with Special Olympics for activities outside the United States. Includes community-based prevention among the activities for which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants or enter into agreements with Special Olympics. Requires grant or agreement applications to include a description of specific measurable annual benchmarks, as well as long-term goals and objectives, to be achieved through specified activities, which must include: (1) activities to increase the full participation of people with intellectual disabilities in inclusive school and community activities with people without disabilities, (2) education programs that dispel negative stereotypes about people with intellectual disabilities, and (3) activities to increase the participation of people with intellectual disabilities in Special Olympics outside of the United States. Requires annual reports by Special Olympics to describe demographic data about Special Olympics participants.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements to promote the expansion of Best Buddies, including activities to increase the participation of people with intellectual disabilities in social relationships and other aspects of community life, including education and employment, within the United States.

Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education to establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact. Requires recipients to use grant funds to advance the quality of life and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities through research and evaluation, technical assistance, training, data collection, evaluation, collaboration, and dissemination of evidence-based best practices.

Cosponsors 75

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 13, 2011 to May 10, 2012; 30 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-VA	James P. Moran	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-DE	John C. Carney, Jr.	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-MA	John W. Olver	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono	Original	Jun 13, 2011
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Jun 13, 2011
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Jun 14, 2011
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Jun 14, 2011
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Jun 14, 2011
D-CA	John Garamendi		Jun 14, 2011
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Jun 15, 2011
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Jun 15, 2011
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		Jun 15, 2011
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Jun 15, 2011
D-MA	William R. Keating		Jun 15, 2011
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jun 22, 2011
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jun 22, 2011
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Dec 2, 2011
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Dec 6, 2011
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Feb 8, 2012
D-IA	David Loebsack		Feb 8, 2012
R-AK	Don Young		Feb 8, 2012
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Feb 8, 2012
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Feb 8, 2012
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Feb 8, 2012
R-NY	Ann Marie Buerkle		Feb 13, 2012
D-TX	Gene Green		Feb 13, 2012
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Feb 13, 2012
D-CT	John B. Larson		Feb 13, 2012
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Feb 13, 2012
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Feb 14, 2012
D-NC	Brad Miller		Feb 14, 2012
D-CA	Joe Baca		Feb 14, 2012
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Feb 14, 2012
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Feb 14, 2012
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Feb 14, 2012
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Feb 14, 2012
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Feb 15, 2012
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Feb 15, 2012
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Feb 15, 2012
D-TX	Al Green		Feb 28, 2012
D-CO	Jared Polis		Feb 28, 2012
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Feb 28, 2012
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Feb 28, 2012
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Mar 6, 2012
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Apr 19, 2012
D-NC	David E. Price		Apr 19, 2012
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Apr 19, 2012
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		May 10, 2012
D-CT	Christopher Murphy		May 10, 2012
D-CA	Janice Hahn		May 10, 2012

Committees 3

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 Jun 13, 2011
	Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee	Referred Sep 8, 2011
	Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee	Referred Sep 8, 2011
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Jun 13, 2011
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jun 13, 2011
	Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee	Referred Jun 16, 2011

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 8, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Sep 8, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jun 16, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Jun 13, 2011Introduced in House
Jun 13, 2011Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4075.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1086	Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act	Identical bill	May 26, 2011

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To reauthorize the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, to provide assistance to Best Buddies to support the expansion and development of mentoring programs, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 13, 2011Introduced in House

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