S. 2024: USA Civics Act of 2019
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S. 2024: USA Civics Act of 2019
116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-27 · Education · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-27 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
USA Civics Act of 2019
Plain summary
Understanding and Studying American Civics Act of 2019 or the USA Civics Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises the American History for Freedom grant program. The bill renames the program as the American Civics Education Program. The bill authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) once every three years to establish or strengthen academic programs to promote American political thought and history; the history, achievements, and impact of American representative democracy and constitutional democracies globally; and the means of participation in political and civic life. Currently, such grants are awarded to IHEs for three years and are focused on traditional American history and the history and achievements of Western civilization. IHEs may use grants to support additional activities, such as collaborating with federal or state humanities programs and using open educational resources.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
USA Civics Act of 2019
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · 8 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), John Kennedy (R-LA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), John Boozman (R-AR), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] reported raising $8.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s2024.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s2024 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116