HR 6123 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Crucial Communism Teaching Act

Introduced Dec 2, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Maria Elvira Salazar R-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 2, 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.

IntroducedDec 2, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Crucial Communism Teaching Act

This bill directs the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation to develop a civic education curriculum and oral history resources for high school students to promote understanding of certain political ideologies (e.g., communism and totalitarianism) that conflict with principles of U.S. democracy.

Cosponsors 68

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 2, 2021 to Jan 18, 2022, with 61 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NE	Adrian Smith	Original	Dec 2, 2021
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney	Original	Dec 2, 2021
R-TX	August Pfluger	Original	Dec 2, 2021
R-FL	Bill Posey	Original	Dec 2, 2021
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Dec 2, 2021
R-UT	Burgess Owens	Original	Dec 2, 2021
R-FL	Byron Donalds	Original	Dec 2, 2021
R-FL	Carlos A. Gimenez	Original	Dec 2, 2021
R-NY	Chris Jacobs	Original	Dec 2, 2021
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Dec 2, 2021
R-NC	Dan Bishop	Original	Dec 2, 2021
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw	Original	Dec 2, 2021
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Dec 2, 2021
R-CA	David G. Valadao	Original	Dec 2, 2021
R-OH	David P. Joyce	Original	Dec 2, 2021

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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 2, 2021Introduced in House
Dec 2, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 3679	Crucial Communism Teaching Act	Identical bill	Feb 17, 2022

Subjects

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Dec 2, 2021Introduced in House

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