S 227 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

PEACE Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Originated Senate Sponsor James E. Risch R-ID

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 23, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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. IntroducedJan 23, 2025
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protect Equality And Civics Education Act of 2025 or the PEACE Act of 2025

This bill prohibits the use of federal funding made available for the American History and Civics Education program to fund a curriculum, teaching, or counseling that promotes a divisive concept (e.g., race stereotyping or scapegoating) under the priorities noticed in the Department of Education's proposed rule titled Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics Education, published on April 19, 2021.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 23, 2025 to Sep 15, 2026, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WYCynthia M. LummisOriginalJan 23, 2025
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalJan 23, 2025
R-MTTim SheehyOriginalJan 23, 2025
R-PADavid McCormickSep 15, 2026

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 23, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 23, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 23, 2025Introduced in Senate

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