HR 682 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Reopen Schools Act

Introduced Feb 2, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Ashley Hinson R-IA

Latest action · Feb 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.

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

Summary

Reopen Schools Act

This bill requires a local educational agency (LEA) to reopen its elementary and secondary schools as a condition for receiving certain supplemental education emergency relief funding. Specifically, an LEA must provide in-person instruction to at least 50% of its students in order to receive the full funding. An LEA that provides in-person instruction to at least some of its students shall have its funding reduced on a pro rata basis.

Cosponsors 87

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2021 to Jan 19, 2022.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV	Feb 3, 2021
R-TX	Beth Van Duyne	Feb 3, 2021
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Feb 3, 2021
R-NY	Nicole Malliotakis	Feb 3, 2021
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Feb 3, 2021
R-SC	Tom Rice	Feb 3, 2021
R-UT	Burgess Owens	Feb 4, 2021
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington	Feb 4, 2021
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Feb 4, 2021
R-IA	Randy Feenstra	Feb 4, 2021
R-NM	Yvette Herrell	Feb 4, 2021
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Feb 5, 2021
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup	Feb 11, 2021
R-TX	Brian Babin	Feb 11, 2021
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Feb 11, 2021
R-CA	Michelle Steel	Feb 11, 2021
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Feb 11, 2021
R-NC	Madison Cawthorn	Feb 18, 2021
R-MN	Michelle Fischbach	Feb 18, 2021
R-KS	Tracey Mann	Feb 18, 2021
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube	Feb 18, 2021
R-MO	Ann Wagner	Feb 24, 2021
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk	Feb 24, 2021
R-AL	Barry Moore	Feb 24, 2021
R-PA	Daniel Meuser	Feb 24, 2021
R-CA	David G. Valadao	Feb 24, 2021
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko	Feb 24, 2021
R-AL	Jerry L. Carl	Feb 24, 2021
R-MN	Jim Hagedorn	Feb 24, 2021
R-PA	John Joyce	Feb 24, 2021
R-MI	Lisa C. McClain	Feb 24, 2021
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn	Feb 24, 2021
R-OH	Steve Stivers	Feb 24, 2021
R-NC	Ted Budd	Feb 24, 2021
R-MN	Tom Emmer	Feb 24, 2021
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Feb 24, 2021
R-KY	James Comer	Feb 25, 2021
R-FL	John H. Rutherford	Feb 25, 2021
R-WY	Liz Cheney	Feb 25, 2021
R-MT	Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.	Feb 25, 2021
R-CA	Mike Garcia	Feb 25, 2021
R-OH	Troy Balderson	Feb 25, 2021
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Mar 3, 2021
R-IN	James R. Baird	Mar 3, 2021
R-TN	John W. Rose	Mar 3, 2021
R-TX	Roger Williams	Mar 3, 2021
R-TX	Ronny Jackson	Mar 3, 2021
R-KY	Andy Barr	Mar 9, 2021
R-TX	August Pfluger	Mar 9, 2021
R-VA	Ben Cline	Mar 9, 2021
R-KY	Brett Guthrie	Mar 9, 2021
R-NY	Claudia Tenney	Mar 9, 2021
R-FL	Daniel Webster	Mar 9, 2021
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Mar 9, 2021
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford	Mar 9, 2021
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler	Mar 9, 2021
R-KS	Jake LaTurner	Mar 9, 2021
R-GA	Jody B. Hice	Mar 9, 2021
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Mar 9, 2021
R-OK	Kevin Hern	Mar 9, 2021
R-CO	Lauren Boebert	Mar 9, 2021
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Mar 9, 2021
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar	Mar 9, 2021
R-TX	Pat Fallon	Mar 9, 2021
R-PA	Scott Perry	Mar 9, 2021
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Mar 9, 2021
R-LA	Steve Scalise	Mar 9, 2021
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Mar 9, 2021
R-IN	Victoria Spartz	Mar 9, 2021
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Mar 10, 2021
R-NY	Chris Jacobs	Mar 10, 2021
R-UT	Chris Stewart	Mar 10, 2021
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Mar 10, 2021
R-WI	Scott Fitzgerald	Mar 10, 2021
R-SC	Nancy Mace	Mar 11, 2021
R-FL	Scott Franklin	Mar 12, 2021
R-WV	Carol D. Miller	Mar 26, 2021
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith	Mar 26, 2021
R-CA	Young Kim	Mar 26, 2021
R-OH	Warren Davidson	Apr 21, 2021
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw	May 25, 2021
R-UT	Blake D. Moore	Jan 12, 2022
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Jan 12, 2022
R-LA	Julia Letlow	Jan 12, 2022
R-IL	Rodney Davis	Jan 13, 2022
R-KY	Harold Rogers	Jan 19, 2022
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Jan 19, 2022

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 Feb 2, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

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

In the Congressional Record 6

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
House	Debate and remarks H25–H30	Ashley Hinson R-IA, Blake D. Moore R-UT, Ed Perlmutter D-CO, Guy Reschenthaler R-PA, Julia Letlow R-LA, Kevin Hern R-OK, Thomas P. Tiffany R-WI	Jan 11, 2022
House	Debate and remarks H1166–H1169, H1170–H1173	Andrew S. Clyde R-GA, Ashley Hinson R-IA, Barry Moore R-AL, Ben Cline R-VA, Beth Van Duyne R-TX, Bob Good R-VA, Brad R. Wenstrup R-OH, Burgess Owens R-UT, Carlos A. Gimenez R-FL, Chris Jacobs R-NY, Claudia Tenney R-NY, Daniel Meuser R-PA, Daniel Webster R-FL, Debbie Lesko R-AZ, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, Eric A. "Rick" Crawford R-AR, Guy Reschenthaler R-PA, H. Morgan Griffith R-VA, Jahana Hayes D-CT, James P. McGovern D-MA, Jay Obernolte R-CA, Jerry L. Carl R-AL, Jim Hagedorn R-MN, Jodey C. Arrington R-TX, Jody B. Hice R-GA, Joe Wilson R-SC, Kevin McCarthy R-CA, Lauren Boebert R-CO, Lloyd Smucker R-PA, Louie Gohmert R-TX, Madison Cawthorn R-NC, Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-IA, Marjorie Taylor Greene R-GA, Mary E. Miller R-IL, Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. R-MT, Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Mike Johnson R-LA, Nancy Mace R-SC, Neal P. Dunn R-FL, Nicole Malliotakis R-NY, Pat Fallon R-TX, Paul A. Gosar R-AZ, Ralph Norman R-SC, Randy Feenstra R-IA, Rick W. Allen R-GA, Roger Williams R-TX, Ronny Jackson R-TX, Russ Fulcher R-ID, Scott Fitzgerald R-WI, Scott Franklin R-FL, Scott Perry R-PA, Tim Burchett R-TN, Tim Walberg R-MI, Troy E. Nehls R-TX, Vicky Hartzler R-MO, Victoria Spartz R-IN, Virginia Foxx R-NC, Warren Davidson R-OH, Yvette Herrell R-NM	Mar 9, 2021
House	Debate and remarks H1092	Ashley Hinson R-IA, Mark DeSaulnier D-CA, Michelle Fischbach R-MN	Mar 8, 2021
House	Debate and remarks H607, H608	Ashley Hinson R-IA, Brad R. Wenstrup R-OH, Guy Reschenthaler R-PA, James P. McGovern D-MA, Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA	Feb 24, 2021
House	Debate and remarks H444	Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Michelle Steel R-CA	Feb 5, 2021

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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, Clause, 18 Article I, Section 8, Clause 1

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 19, February 2, 2021, page H279.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To encourage local educational agencies to resume in-person instruction at elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Reopen Schools Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 2, 2021Introduced in House

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