H.R. 5349 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
Crucial Communism Teaching Act
Cosponsors: 33 (0 D, 33 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2023-09-05
Latest action (2024-12-09): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
What H.R. 5349 does, in plain terms
Crucial Communism Teaching Act This bill directs the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation to develop a civic education curriculum and oral history resources for high school students to promote understanding of certain political ideologies (e.g., communism and totalitarianism) that conflict with principles of U.S. democracy.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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