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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 433 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Education by previous |
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| 6 | 6 | | Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity relating to imple- |
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| 7 | 7 | | menting a reorganization of the Department, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY15, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mrs. H |
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| 11 | 11 | | AYES(for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. SALINAS, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Ms. T |
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| 13 | 13 | | OKUDA, and Mr. QUIGLEY) introduced the following bill; which was |
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| 14 | 14 | | referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Edu- |
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| 17 | 17 | | cation by previous Appropriations Acts from being used |
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| 18 | 18 | | for any activity relating to implementing a reorganization |
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| 19 | 19 | | of the Department, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | cation Protection Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Congress finds the following: 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) Congress has a fundamental role in shaping 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | and reshaping the Federal agency landscape, includ-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ing by— 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) providing oversight; 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (B) creating, structuring, and locating of-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | fices; 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (C) delegating specific or general missions, 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | powers, duties, and functions to offices and offi-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | cers; 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (D) defining the parameters of personnel 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | systems; 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (E) confirming the leadership of an agen-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | cy; 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (F) providing funding; and 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (G) evaluating whether or not an agency 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | shall continue in existence. 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) The current organization of the Department 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | of Education is designed to promote student achieve-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ment and equal access to education, including 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | through the following offices and institutes of the 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Department: 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (A) Federal Student Aid. 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (B) The Institute of Education Sciences. 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (C) The Office of the Chief Information 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Officer. 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (D) The Office of Communications and 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Outreach. 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (E) The Office for Civil Rights. 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (F) The Office of Career, Technical, and 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Adult Education. 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (G) The Office of the Deputy Secretary. 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (H) The Office of English Language Ac-7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | quisition. 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (I) The Office of Elementary and Sec-9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ondary Education. 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (J) The Office of Finance and Operations. 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (K) The Office of the General Counsel. 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (L) The Office of Inspector General. 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (M) The Office of Legislation and Con-14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | gressional Affairs. 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (N) The Office of Postsecondary Edu-16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | cation. 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (O) The Office of Planning, Evaluation 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | and Policy Development. 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (P) The Office of the Secretary. 20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (Q) The Office of Special Education and 21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | Rehabilitative Services. 22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (R) The Office of the Under Secretary. 23 |
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| 84 | 84 | | SEC. 3. PROHIBITING USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO 1 |
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| 85 | 85 | | REORGANIZE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 2 |
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| 86 | 86 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of 3 |
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| 87 | 87 | | the funds made available by previous Appropriations Acts 4 |
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| 88 | 88 | | to the Department of Education for obligation or expendi-5 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ture in the current fiscal year may be used for any activity 6 |
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| 90 | 90 | | relating to implementing a reorganization of the Depart-7 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ment that decentralizes, reduces the staffing level of, or 8 |
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| 92 | 92 | | alters the responsibilities, structure, authority, or 9 |
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| 93 | 93 | | functionality of the Department, relative to the organiza-10 |
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| 94 | 94 | | tion and operation of the Department on January 1, 2025. 11 |
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