H.R. 8705

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8705 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8705

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prevent 
the American History and Civics program from funding radical 
indoctrination, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 7, 2026

Mr. Owens introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Workforce

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A BILL

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prevent 
the American History and Civics program from funding radical 
indoctrination, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Civics and History Advancement to 
Restore Learning, Integrity, and Education Act'' or the ``CHARLIE 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVICS FUNDS FOR RADICAL 
INDOCTRINATION.

Section 2231 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 6661) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Prohibitions.--
``(1) In general.--Of the amount made available to carry 
out this subpart, no funds may be used for discriminatory 
equity ideology or gender ideology.
``(2) Priority.--In awarding grants under this subpart, the 
Secretary may not give priority to an eligible entity on the 
basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or 
immigration status, including with respect to--
``(A) the identity or purpose of the eligible 
entity;
``(B) the identity of the individuals who control, 
are employed by, or are served by the eligible entity; 
or
``(C) the proposed activities to be carried out 
under such a grant.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Discriminatory equity ideology.--The term 
`discriminatory equity ideology' has the meaning given the term 
in section 2 of Executive Order 14190 (90 Fed. Reg. 8853; 
relating to ending radical indoctrination in K-12 schooling).
``(2) Gender ideology.--The term `gender ideology' has the 
meaning given the term in section 2 of Executive Order 14168 
(90 Fed. Reg. 8615; relating to defending women from gender 
ideology extremism and restoring biological truth to the 
Federal Government).''.
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