HR 849 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Civics Learning Act of 2019

Introduced Jan 29, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Alcee L. Hastings D-FL

Latest action · Jan 29, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Progress

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IntroducedJan 29, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Civics Learning Act of 2019

This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prioritize innovative civics learning and teaching and to provide additional funding in FY2020 for civics education programs.

The bill expands the allowable uses of grant funds for civics education to include before, during, and after-school and extracurricular activities, activities that include service learning and community service projects that are linked to school curriculum, activities that encourage and support student participation in school governance, and online and video game-based learning.

The Department of Education must ensure that specified percentages of grant funds for civics education be awarded on a diverse basis to eligible entities that serve students and teachers at elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools.

Cosponsors 78

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2019 to Jun 15, 2020; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Jan 29, 2019
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Jan 29, 2019
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Jan 29, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jan 29, 2019
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Jan 29, 2019
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Jan 29, 2019
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Jan 29, 2019
D-CT	Jahana Hayes	Original	Jan 29, 2019
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jan 29, 2019
D-CA	Josh Harder	Original	Jan 29, 2019
R-GA	Rob Woodall	Original	Jan 29, 2019
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Jan 29, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jan 29, 2019
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Jan 29, 2019
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Jan 29, 2019
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Feb 11, 2019
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Feb 11, 2019
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Feb 11, 2019
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Feb 11, 2019
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Feb 11, 2019
D-CT	James A. Himes		Feb 11, 2019
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Feb 11, 2019
D-CT	John B. Larson		Feb 11, 2019
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Mar 6, 2019
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Mar 6, 2019
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Mar 6, 2019
D-CA	Katie Hill		Mar 6, 2019
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Mar 6, 2019
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Mar 6, 2019
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Mar 6, 2019
D-CA	Tj Cox		Mar 6, 2019
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Mar 7, 2019
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Mar 27, 2019
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Mar 27, 2019
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Apr 3, 2019
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Apr 30, 2019
D-WA	Denny Heck		Apr 30, 2019
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Apr 30, 2019
D-MA	William R. Keating		Apr 30, 2019
R-OK	Tom Cole		May 8, 2019
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		May 15, 2019
D-OK	Kendra S. Horn		May 16, 2019
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		May 17, 2019
D-HI	Ed Case		Jun 13, 2019
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Jun 27, 2019
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Jun 27, 2019
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Jul 11, 2019
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Jul 11, 2019
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Jul 16, 2019
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Jul 16, 2019
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Jul 16, 2019
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jul 16, 2019
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Jul 17, 2019
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jul 17, 2019
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jul 24, 2019
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Jul 24, 2019
D-CA	Judy Chu		Jul 24, 2019
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Jul 24, 2019
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Sep 6, 2019
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Sep 6, 2019
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Sep 6, 2019
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Sep 6, 2019
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Sep 6, 2019
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Sep 24, 2019
D-GA	David Scott		Sep 24, 2019
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Sep 24, 2019
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Sep 24, 2019
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Oct 28, 2019
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Oct 28, 2019
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Oct 28, 2019
D-NY	Grace Meng		Oct 28, 2019
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Oct 28, 2019
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Oct 31, 2019
D-IL	Sean Casten		Oct 31, 2019
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Dec 5, 2019
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Dec 5, 2019
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Dec 5, 2019
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Jun 15, 2020

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 Jan 29, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 29, 2019Introduced in House
Jan 29, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E105)
Jan 29, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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 E105	Alcee L. Hastings D-FL	Jan 29, 2019

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

[Pages H8720-H8721] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Ms. WEXTON: H.R. 4971. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Johnson of Ohio. H.R. 1049: Mr. Lynch. H.R. 1092: Mr. Raskin. H.R. 1110: Mr. Wright. H.R. 1133: Ms. Ocasio-Cortez. H.R. 1155: Mr. Pence. H.R. 1171: Mr. Meeks. H.R. 1175: Mr. Richmond. H.R. 1188: Mr. Doggett. H.R. 1254: Ms. Wexton. H.R. 1257: Mr. Rutherford. H.R. 1289: Ms. Matsui. H.R. 1309: Mr. Richmond and Mr. Bishop of Georgia. H.R. 1367: Mr. Johnson of Georgia and Mr. Levin of Michigan. H.R. 1383: Mr. Olson. H.R. 1418: Mr. Schrader. H.R. 1468: Mr. Grijalva. H.R. 1498: Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Dean, and Mr. Grijalva. H.R. 1528: Mr. Trone. H.R. 1652: Mr. Schrader, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Correa, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Evans, and Ms. Velazquez. H.R. 1673: Mr. Harris. H.R. 1680: Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Womack, Mr. Ferguson, and Mr. Byrne. H.R. 1705: Mrs. Lawrence. H.R. 1748: Mr. Sherman, Mr. Crow, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico, and Mr. Keating. H.R. 1754: Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Kind, Ms. Bass, and Mr. Larson of Connecticut. H.R. 1765: Mr. McKinley. H.R. 1777: Ms. Meng. H.R. 1923: Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Welch, Mr. Lowenthal, and Ms. Garcia of Texas. H.R. 2051: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 2075: Ms. Mucarsel-Powell. H.R. 2086: Mrs. Luria. H.R. 2117: Mr. Joyce of Ohio. H.R. 2147: Mr. Kildee, Ms. Moore, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Gottheimer, and Mr. Calvert. H.R. 2210: Mr. Soto. H.R. 2222: Mr. Smith of Nebraska. H.R. 2235: Mr. Crawford, Mr. Payne, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch, and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2279: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Rush, Mr. Neguse, and Mr. Kennedy. H.R. 2283: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 2301: Mr. Bacon. H.R. 2411: Ms. Spanberger and Mr. Comer. H.R. 2433: Mr. Sires. H.R. 2498: Ms. Sewell of Alabama. H.R. 2501: Mr. Soto. H.R. 2521: Mr. Soto, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Bucshon, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois. H.R. 2584: Mr. Olson and Mr. Hice of Georgia. H.R. 2645: Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 2653: Mrs. Axne. H.R. 2656: Ms. Slotkin. H.R. 2668: Mr. Young and Ms. Finkenauer. H.R. 2693: Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Holding, Mr. Smith of Missouri, and Mr. Arrington. H.R. 2746: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico. H.R. 2747: Ms. Speier and Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2788: Mr. Amodei. H.R. 2802: Ms. Finkenauer and Ms. Schakowsky. H.R. 2825: Mrs. Walorski. H.R. 2862: Mr. Balderson. H.R. 2867: Ms. Brownley of California. H.R. 2985: Mr. Nunes and Mr. Rouda. H.R. 2986: Mr. Lewis and Mr. Blumenauer. H.R. 2990: Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Norman, Ms. Stevens, and Mr. Davidson of Ohio. H.R. 3048: Mr. Smith of Missouri. H.R. 3062: Mr. Johnson of Ohio. H.R. 3080: Mr. Brindisi and Ms. Waters. H.R. 3127: Mr. Welch and Mr. Smith of Nebraska. H.R. 3138: Mr. Norcross. H.R. 3155: Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Perry, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Stauber, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Katko, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Reed, Mr. Pence, Mr[...]

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 173, October 31, 2019.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 400	Civics Learning Act of 2021	Reintroduced Bill	Jan 21, 2021

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 increase civics education programs, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Civics Learning Act of 2019

Subjects

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

Text 1

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Jan 29, 2019Introduced in House

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