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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. RES. 237
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Education
to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representa-
tives relating to the reduction in force and other downsizing measures
at the Department of Education.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH21, 2025
Mr. S
COTTof Virginia (for himself, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. WILSONof Florida,
Ms. B
ONAMICI, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. NOR-
CROSS, Mrs. MCBATH, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. OMAR, Ms. STEVENS, Mr.
C
ASAR, Ms. LEEof Pennsylvania, and Mr. MANNION) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
Workforce
RESOLUTION
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Sec-
retary of Education to transmit, respectively, certain doc-
uments to the House of Representatives relating to the
reduction in force and other downsizing measures at
the Department of Education.
Resolved, That the President is requested, and the 1
Secretary of Education is directed, to transmit, respec-2
tively, to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 3
days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, 4
unredacted copies of all documents, memoranda, legal 5
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opinions, notes from meetings, records (including tele-1
phone records, electronic mail records, and screenshots), 2
correspondence (electronic or otherwise), and other com-3
munications (or any portion of any such communications) 4
that are in the possession of the President or the Sec-5
retary, respectively, and refer or relate to the following: 6
(1) The closure of the Department of Edu-7
cation. 8
(2) Any reduction in force or other downsizing 9
measures at the Department of Education. 10
(3) Any actions taken pursuant to the Sec-11
retary of Education’s March 3, 2025, communica-12
tion to staff entitled ‘‘Our Department’s Final Mis-13
sion’’. 14
(4) Any actions taken pursuant to any Execu-15
tive order of the President directing the Secretary of 16
Education to take steps to facilitate the closure of 17
the Department of Education. 18
(5) Any determinations made by the Executive 19
Office of the President, the Secretary of Education, 20
or the staff of the Department of Education that the 21
staff remaining at the Department after any reduc-22
tion in force, other downsizing measure, or closure 23
would be sufficient to ensure that the Secretary 24
could faithfully execute the Federal laws Congress 25
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has directed the Secretary to enforce or implement, 1
including— 2
(A) title IX of the Education Amendments 3
of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); 4
(B) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 5
(42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.); 6
(C) the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-7
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.); 8
(D) section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 9
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794); 10
(E) title II of the Americans with Disabil-11
ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq.); 12
(F) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 13
(42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.); 14
(G) the Elementary and Secondary Edu-15
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 16
(H) the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 17
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.); 18
(I) the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-19
nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 20
et seq.); 21
(J) the Education Sciences Reform Act of 22
2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501 et seq.); 23
(K) section 444 of the General Education 24
Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) (commonly 25
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known as the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and 1
Privacy Act of 1974’’); and 2
(L) section 445 of the General Education 3
Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232h) (commonly 4
known as the ‘‘Protection of Pupil Rights 5
Amendment’’). 6
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