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H.R. 5963: Promoting SUCCESS Act

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H.R. 5963: Promoting SUCCESS Act

111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-29 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Promoting SUCCESS Act

Plain summary

Promoting Students Using the Camp Community for Enrichment, Strength, and Success Act or the Promoting SUCCESS Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, and local educational agencies to carry out summertime learning pilot programs for students during their summers after grades five through nine. Requires such programs to provide students with camp activities geared toward: (1) reducing childhood obesity through increased physical activity and healthy lifestyle choices; (2) strengthening high school graduation rates by reducing summer learning loss and improving academic achievement; and (3) promoting positive youth development. Directs the Secretary to arrange for an independent evaluation of the pilot programs. Requires the Secretary to provide a grant or contract to one or more national nonprofit organizations to collect best practices from among this Act's grantees and provide grantees with training, technical assistance, and professional development.

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Official text

Promoting SUCCESS Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr5963 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111