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 Spreadsheet

Latest action · Dec 2, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedDec 2, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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; 61 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEAdrian SmithOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-TXAugust PflugerOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-UTBurgess OwensOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-FLByron DonaldsOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-FLCarlos A. GimenezOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-NYChris JacobsOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-NCDan BishopOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-TXDan CrenshawOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-CADavid G. ValadaoOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-OHDavid P. JoyceOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-AZDavid SchweikertOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-AREric A. "Rick" CrawfordOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-MIFred UptonOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-WIGlenn GrothmanOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-FLGus M. BilirakisOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-ARJ. French HillOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-INJames R. BairdOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalDec 2, 2021
D-NJJefferson Van DrewOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-FLJohn H. RutherfordOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-NYJohn KatkoOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-FLKat CammackOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-MILisa C. McClainOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-PALloyd SmuckerOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-NCMadison CawthornOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-IAMariannette Miller-MeeksOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-ILMary E. MillerOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-FLMichael WaltzOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-CAMichelle SteelOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-ILMike BostOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-FLNeal P. DunnOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-NYNicole MalliotakisOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-TXPat FallonOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-MIPeter MeijerOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalDec 2, 2021
R-NCRichard HudsonOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-ILRodney DavisOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-TXRonny JacksonOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-FLScott FranklinOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-NCTed BuddOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-TNTim BurchettOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-OKTom ColeOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-CATom McClintockOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-TXTony GonzalesOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-TXTroy E. NehlsOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-FLVern BuchananOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-INVictoria SpartzOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-NCVirginia FoxxOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-SCWilliam R. Timmons IVOriginalDec 2, 2021
R-MDAndy HarrisDec 7, 2021
R-IAAshley HinsonDec 7, 2021
R-NYClaudia TenneyDec 7, 2021
R-MOVicky HartzlerDec 7, 2021
R-WIScott FitzgeraldDec 14, 2021
R-CAYoung KimJan 13, 2022
R-OHMike CareyJan 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 Dec 2, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

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

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 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 208, December 2, 2021, page H6909.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3679Crucial Communism Teaching ActIdentical billFeb 17, 2022
HR 5349Crucial Communism Teaching ActReintroduced BillDec 9, 2024

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To develop and disseminate a civic education curriculum and oral history resources regarding certain political ideologies, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Crucial Communism Teaching Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 2, 2021Introduced in House

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