Armenian Genocide Education Act
Latest action · Apr 24, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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.
- IntroducedApr 24, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Armenian Genocide Education Act
This bill requires the Library of Congress to maintain a public website and otherwise support educational initiatives to promote understanding about the Armenian Genocide (the killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923).
Cosponsors 93
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 24, 2023 to Jul 2, 2024; 41 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Apr 24, 2023 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Apr 28, 2023 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Apr 28, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Apr 28, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Apr 28, 2023 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Apr 28, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | May 9, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | May 9, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Michelle Steel | May 9, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | May 9, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | May 9, 2023 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | May 9, 2023 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | May 9, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | May 25, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | May 25, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jun 1, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Jun 1, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jun 21, 2023 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Jul 6, 2023 | |
| R-CA | John S. Duarte | Jul 6, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Aug 8, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Aug 11, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Mike Garcia | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Wiley Nickel | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Jan 12, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Feb 7, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Feb 9, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Feb 26, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Mar 1, 2024 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Mar 6, 2024 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Apr 2, 2024 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Apr 2, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Apr 2, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Apr 5, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Apr 19, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 19, 2024 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | May 6, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | May 24, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Jun 3, 2024 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Jun 28, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jul 2, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Apr 24, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2023Introduced in House
- Apr 24, 2023Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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. 169, no. 68, April 24, 2023, page H1915.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1329 | Armenian Genocide Education Act | Identical bill | Apr 27, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Librarian of Congress to carry out activities to support Armenian Genocide education programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Armenian Genocide Education Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Armenia
- Asia
- Conflicts and wars
- Congress
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional oversight
- Elementary and secondary education
- Europe
- Government information and archives
- Government trust funds
- Library of Congress
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Turkey
- War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
- World history
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2023Introduced 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.
