S. 860: American History Achievement Act
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S. 860: American History Achievement Act
109th Congress · introduced 2005-04-20 · Education · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 640.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2005-04-20 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 640. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
American History Achievement Act
Plain summary
American History Achievement Act - Amends the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act to direct the Commissioner for Education Statistics to give a priority to conducting national assessments of student achievement in U.S. history at least once every four years in grades 4, 8, and 12. Requires the Commissioner to conduct, in at least ten geographically diverse states, trial state academic assessments of student achievement in: (1) U.S. history in grades 8 and 12; and (2) civics in grades 8 and 12. Directs the National Assessment of Educational Progress governing board to select the participating states. Authorizes appropriations.
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Official text
American History Achievement Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
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Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] · 3 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 860, American History Achievement Act (2006-06-01); CBO cost estimate: S. 860, American History Achievement Act (2006-06-01)
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- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109s860.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/s>
Record fed-us-cong109-s860 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109