,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dbib  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bc1     
#bjbj,mr4 ,cotton introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to prohibit ,federal funds from
 being made available to teach the #afai
 ,project curriculum in elementary      
schools and secondary schools1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,saving        
,american ,history ,act of #bjbj4  #b4  
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,the true date of ,america's      
founding is ,july #d1 #aggf1 the day the
 ,declaration of ,independence was      
adopted by the ,second ,continental     
,congress4  7#b7 ,the self-evident      
truths set forth by that ,declaration   
are the fundamental principles upon     
which ,america was founded4  7#c7 ,an   
activist movement is now gaining        
momentum to deny or obfuscate this      

history by claiming that ,america was   
not founded on the ideals of the        
,declaration but rather on slavery and  
oppression4  7#d7 ,this distortion of   
,american history is being taught to    
children in public school classrooms via
 the ,new ,york ,times' #afai ,project1 
which claims that nearly everything that
 has truly made ,america exceptional    
grew out of slavery4  7#e7 ,the #afai   
,project is a racially divisive and     
revisionist account of history that     
threatens the integrity of the ,union by
 denying the true principles on which it
 was founded4  7#f7 ,the ,federal       
,government has a strong interest in    
promoting an accurate account of the    
,nation's history through public schools
 and forming young people into          
knowledgeable and patriotic citizens4   
#c4 ,prohibition of ,federal funding for
 schools to teach the #afai ,project    
curriculum  7a7 ,definitions ,in this   
section3 7#a7 ,,esea ,the terms         
elementary school1 local educational    

agency1 and secondary school have the   
meanings given the terms in section     
#haja of the ,elementary and ,secondary 
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja74  7#b7 ,secretary ,the term      
,secretaries means the ,secretary of    
,education1 the ,secretary of           
,agriculture1 and the ,secretary of     
,health and ,human ,services4  7b7      
,prohibition of use of federal funding  
for #afai ,project ,notwithstanding any 
other provision of law1 no ,federal     
funds shall be used by any-- 7#a7       
elementary school or secondary school to
 teach the #afai ,project initiative of 
the ,new ,york ,times in such school2 or
  7#b7 local educational agency to      
support the teaching of the #afai       
,project initiative of the ,new ,york   
,times in the public schools served by  
such agency4  7c7 ,prohibition on       
federal professional development funds  
for schools that teach the #afai        
,project ,notwithstanding any other     
provision of law1 an elementary school  

or secondary school that teaches the    
#afai ,project initiative of the ,new   
,york ,times in such school or a local  
educational agency that supports the    
teaching of the #afai ,project          
initiative of the ,new ,york ,times in  
the public schools served by such agency
 shall not receive any ,federal funding 
for professional development4  7d7      
,determination of cost and reduction in 
federal funds  7#a7 ,in general ,in the 
case of an elementary school or         
secondary school that receives ,federal 
funds and teaches the #afai ,project    
initiative of the ,new ,york ,times in  
such school or a local educational      
agency that supports the teaching of the
 #afai ,project initiative of the ,new  
,york ,times in the public schools      
served by such agency1 the ,secretaries 
shall determine the cost associated with
 teaching the #afai ,project1 including 
in planning time and teaching time4     
7#b7 ,reductions ,the ,secretaries1     
based on coordinated prorated formulas  

established by the ,secretaries1 shall  
reduce ,federal funds provided to an    
elementary school1 secondary school1 or 
local educational agency described in   
paragraph 7#a7 in an amount equal to the
 cost amount determined under paragraph 
7#a74  7#c7 ,no reduction for certain   
funds ,in reducing ,federal funds to an 
elementary school1 secondary school1 or 
local educational agency under paragraph
 7#b71 the ,secretaries shall not reduce
 ,federal funds for-- 7,a7 the free and 
reduced price school lunch program      
established under the ,richard ,b4      
,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agea et seq471 or any   
other program for low-income students2  
or  7,b7 students with disabilities4    
7e7 ,future funding ,the ,secretaries   
shall promulgate regulations to ensure  
that ,federal funds provided after the  
date of enactment of this ,act to an    
elementary school1 secondary school1 or 
local educational agency comply with the
 requirements and restrictions provided 

under this ,act4