HR 5162 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

CRT Transparency Act

Introduced Sep 3, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Scott Fitzgerald R-WI

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Latest action · Sep 3, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 3, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Curriculum Review of Teachings Transparency Act or the CRT Transparency Act

This bill requires a local educational agency, in order to receive certain federal education grants, to post on a publicly accessible website the curriculum for each grade level of its elementary and secondary schools.

Cosponsors 57

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 3, 2021 to Feb 18, 2022; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-VABob GoodOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-FLBrian J. MastOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-WIBryan SteilOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-UTBurgess OwensOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-NCDan BishopOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-AZDebbie LeskoOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-NCMadison CawthornOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-ILMary E. MillerOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-ALMo BrooksOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalSep 3, 2021
R-WIThomas P. TiffanyOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-NCVirginia FoxxOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-NMYvette HerrellOriginalSep 3, 2021
R-WACathy McMorris RodgersSep 10, 2021
R-WVDavid B. McKinleySep 10, 2021
R-MILisa C. McClainSep 24, 2021
R-PAFred KellerSep 30, 2021
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartSep 30, 2021
R-CADoug LaMalfaOct 12, 2021
R-VABen ClineOct 22, 2021
R-IARandy FeenstraOct 22, 2021
R-FLScott FranklinOct 22, 2021
R-VAH. Morgan GriffithNov 1, 2021
R-PAScott PerryNov 1, 2021
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyNov 4, 2021
R-OHBob GibbsNov 4, 2021
R-TXJake EllzeyNov 4, 2021
R-INJim BanksNov 4, 2021
R-GAJody B. HiceNov 4, 2021
R-CAMichelle SteelNov 4, 2021
R-TXPete SessionsNov 4, 2021
R-PAJohn JoyceNov 12, 2021
R-FLMaria Elvira SalazarNov 12, 2021
R-MSMichael GuestNov 12, 2021
R-ILMike BostNov 17, 2021
R-SCTom RiceNov 17, 2021
R-WIGlenn GrothmanNov 19, 2021
R-TXRonny JacksonNov 19, 2021
R-NYElise M. StefanikNov 23, 2021
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerDec 7, 2021
R-IAMariannette Miller-MeeksDec 7, 2021
R-GAAndrew S. ClydeJan 11, 2022
R-WVCarol D. MillerJan 11, 2022
R-PAGlenn ThompsonJan 11, 2022
R-MNPete StauberJan 11, 2022
R-MIJack BergmanJan 14, 2022
R-FLMichael WaltzJan 19, 2022
R-OHMike CareyJan 19, 2022
R-SCNancy MaceFeb 1, 2022
R-NJChristopher H. SmithFeb 18, 2022

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Sep 3, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 3, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Sep 3, 2021Referred 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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H6168Scott Fitzgerald R-WINov 3, 2021

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: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 153, September 3, 2021, page H4506.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 287CRT Transparency ActReintroduced BillJan 11, 2023
HR 6056Parents Bill of Rights ActRelated billNov 19, 2021

Titles 3

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 ensure that local educational agencies applying for certain Federal education funds post the curriculum for elementary and secondary schools online, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
CRT Transparency Act
Curriculum Review of Teachings Transparency Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 3, 2021Introduced in House

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