Union Calendar No. 168
118th CONGRESS 1st Session |
[Report No. 118–207]
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to clarify that the prohibition on the use of Federal education funds for certain weapons does not apply to the use of such weapons for training in archery, hunting, or other shooting sports.
August 1, 2023
Mr. Green of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. Hudson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
September 20, 2023
Additional sponsors: Ms. Tenney, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Cline, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. McHenry, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Self, Mr. Norman, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Hill, Mrs. Peltola, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Womack, Mr. Pence, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Mills, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Guest, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Barr, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Hinson, Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, Ms. Mace, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Mann, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr. Bucshon, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Steube, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Crawford, Mrs. McClain, Ms. Foxx, Ms. Perez, Mr. Walberg, Mrs. Houchin, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Bost, Mr. Williams of New York, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Baird, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Strong, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Van Orden, and Mr. Rutherford
September 20, 2023
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 1, 2023]
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to clarify that the prohibition on the use of Federal education funds for certain weapons does not apply to the use of such weapons for training in archery, hunting, or other shooting sports.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act”.
SEC. 2. Clarification of prohibition on use of Federal education funds for certain weapons and related training.
Section 8526(7) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7906(7)) is amended by inserting “, except that this paragraph shall not apply to the use of funds under this Act for activities carried out under programs authorized by this Act that are otherwise permissible under such programs and that provide students with educational instruction or educational enrichment activities, such as archery, hunting, other shooting sports, or culinary arts” before the period at the end.
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[Report No. 118–207] | |||||
A BILL | |||||
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to clarify that the prohibition on the use of Federal education funds for certain weapons does not apply to the use of such weapons for training in archery, hunting, or other shooting sports. | |||||
September 20, 2023 | |||||
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed |