HR 899 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

To terminate the Department of Education.

Introduced Feb 5, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Thomas Massie R-KY

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Latest action · Feb 5, 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. IntroducedFeb 5, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill terminates the Department of Education on December 31, 2022.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2021 to Aug 19, 2022; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalFeb 5, 2021
R-TXChip RoyOriginalFeb 5, 2021
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalFeb 5, 2021
R-GAJody B. HiceOriginalFeb 5, 2021
R-COLauren BoebertOriginalFeb 5, 2021
R-FLMatt GaetzOriginalFeb 5, 2021
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalFeb 5, 2021
R-TNTim BurchettOriginalFeb 5, 2021
R-GAMarjorie Taylor GreeneFeb 11, 2021
R-ILMary E. MillerFeb 11, 2021
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.Feb 11, 2021
R-TXLouie GohmertFeb 18, 2021
R-AZPaul A. GosarMar 19, 2021
R-FLBill PoseyMar 23, 2021
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeJun 24, 2021
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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 Feb 5, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 5, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Feb 5, 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 H6168Bob Good R-VANov 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 United States Constitution sets forth Congress's enumerated powers, and the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 22, February 5, 2021, page H470.

Related bills 3

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 323A bill to terminate the Department of Education.Related billFeb 12, 2021
HR 899To terminate the Department of Education.Reintroduced BillFeb 9, 2023
HR 899To terminate the Department of Education.Reintroduction ofJan 30, 2019

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To terminate the Department of Education.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 5, 2021Introduced in House

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