To terminate the Department of Education.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Original | Feb 5, 2021 |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Original | Feb 5, 2021 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Feb 5, 2021 |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Original | Feb 5, 2021 |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Original | Feb 5, 2021 |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Original | Feb 5, 2021 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Feb 5, 2021 |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Original | Feb 5, 2021 |
| R-GA | Marjorie Taylor Greene | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Feb 18, 2021 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Mar 19, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Mar 23, 2021 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| R-VA | Bob Good | Oct 12, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Andrew S. Clyde | Apr 4, 2022 | |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Apr 18, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | May 3, 2022 | |
| R-NC | Dan Bishop | Aug 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 5, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2021Introduced in House
- 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.
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
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.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 323 | A bill to terminate the Department of Education. | Related bill | Feb 12, 2021 |
| HR 899 | To terminate the Department of Education. | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 9, 2023 |
| HR 899 | To terminate the Department of Education. | Reintroduction of | Jan 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.
- Feb 5, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
