US Congress House Bill 8519 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-0)
Status: Introduced on October 2 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-10-02 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs that include the history of peoples of Asian and Pacific Islander descent in the settling and founding of America, the social, economic, and political environments that led to the development of discriminatory laws targeting Asians and Pacific Islanders and their relation to current events, and the impact and contributions of Asian Americans to the development and enhancement of American life, United States history, literature, the economy, politics, body of laws, and culture, and for other purposes.

Teaching Asian Pacific American History Act

Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]
Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-10-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2020-10-02	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8519/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8519/BILLS-116hr8519ih.pdf