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S. 504 · 108th Congress

American History and Civics Education Act of 2003

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37 cosponsors · 19 D, 18 R
  1. Senate Introduced Mar 4, 2003
  2. Senate Passed Jun 20, 2003 90–0

American History and Civics Education Act of 2003 - Directs the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to award competitive grants to educational institutions to establish: (1) Presidential Academies for Teaching of American History and Civics to offer workshops for teachers of American history and civics; and (2) Congressional Academies for Students…

What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate amended · Jun 20, 2003
American History and Civics Education Act of 2003 - Directs the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to award competitive grants to educational institutions to establish: (1) Presidential Academies for Teaching of American History and Civics to offer workshops for teachers of American history and civics; and (2) Congressional Academies for Students of American History and Civics to offer workshops for outstanding students of American history and civics.

Requires such Academies to describe how they will include teachers and students from schools receiving assistance for educationally disadvantaged children under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, particularly those schools with high concentrations of students from low-income families.

Directs the NEH to award a grant to an organization for the creation of a national alliance of elementary school and secondary school teachers of American history and civics.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

Senate · Bill Passed Jun 20, 2003 · 90 Yea – 0 Nay Passage Majority Leader: Bill Frist
About this bill and sources

Official title: American History and Civics Education Act of 2003

Latest action (Jul 21, 2003): Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.

Policy area: Education · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 4, 2003

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  1. Senate Introduced Mar 4, 2003
  2. Senate Passed Jun 20, 2003 90–0

Final vote · Senate · Jun 20, 2003

Passage — Bill Passed. Vote details

Senate Majority Leader: Bill Frist

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Not Voting10
BCR Campbell JBD Biden DID Inouye RLR Lugar JKD Kerry JED Edwards CHR Hagel GVR Voinovich RBR Bennett PLD Leahy
Table of every position
MemberParty at voteSeatPosition
Lisa MurkowskiRAKYea
Ted StevensRAKYea
Jeff SessionsRALYea
Richard ShelbyRALYea
Blanche LincolnDARYea
Mark PryorDARYea
John McCainRAZYea
Jon KylRAZYea
Barbara BoxerDCAYea
Dianne FeinsteinDCAYea
Ben CampbellRCONot Voting
Wayne AllardRCOYea
Christopher DoddDCTYea
Joseph LiebermanDCTYea
Joseph BidenDDENot Voting
Thomas CarperDDEYea
Bill NelsonDFLYea
Bob GrahamDFLYea
Saxby ChamblissRGAYea
Zell MillerDGAYea
Daniel AkakaDHIYea
Daniel InouyeDHINot Voting
Chuck GrassleyRIAYea
Tom HarkinDIAYea
Larry CraigRIDYea
Mike CrapoRIDYea
Peter FitzgeraldRILYea
Richard DurbinDILYea
Evan BayhDINYea
Richard LugarRINNot Voting
Pat RobertsRKSYea
Sam BrownbackRKSYea
Jim BunningRKYYea
Mitch McConnellRKYYea
John BreauxDLAYea
Mary LandrieuDLAYea
John KerryDMANot Voting
Ted KennedyDMAYea
Barbara MikulskiDMDYea
Paul SarbanesDMDYea
Olympia SnoweRMEYea
Susan CollinsRMEYea
Carl LevinDMIYea
Debbie StabenowDMIYea
Mark DaytonDMNYea
Norm ColemanRMNYea
Jim TalentRMOYea
Kit BondRMOYea
Thad CochranRMSYea
Trent LottRMSYea
Conrad BurnsRMTYea
Max BaucusDMTYea
Elizabeth DoleRNCYea
John EdwardsDNCNot Voting
Byron DorganDNDYea
Kent ConradDNDYea
Ben NelsonDNEYea
Chuck HagelRNENot Voting
John SununuRNHYea
Judd GreggRNHYea
Frank LautenbergDNJYea
Jon CorzineDNJYea
Jeff BingamanDNMYea
Pete DomeniciRNMYea
Harry ReidDNVYea
John EnsignRNVYea
Chuck SchumerDNYYea
Hillary ClintonDNYYea
George VoinovichROHNot Voting
Mike DeWineROHYea
Don NicklesROKYea
Jim InhofeROKYea
Gordon SmithRORYea
Ron WydenDORYea
Arlen SpecterRPAYea
Rick SantorumRPAYea
Jack ReedDRIYea
Lincoln ChafeeRRIYea
Fritz HollingsDSCYea
Lindsey GrahamRSCYea
Tim JohnsonDSDYea
Tom DaschleDSDYea
Bill FristRTNYea
Lamar AlexanderRTNYea
John CornynRTXYea
Kay HutchisonRTXYea
Orrin HatchRUTYea
Robert BennettRUTNot Voting
George AllenRVAYea
John WarnerRVAYea
Jim JeffordsIVTYea
Patrick LeahyDVTNot Voting
Maria CantwellDWAYea
Patty MurrayDWAYea
Herb KohlDWIYea
Russell FeingoldDWIYea
Jay RockefellerDWVYea
Robert ByrdDWVYea
Craig ThomasRWYYea
Michael EnziRWYYea