,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bdgj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bf1     
#bjba,mr4 ,hawley introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to prohibit ,federal funding   
for educational agencies and schools    
whose students do not read certain      
foundational texts of the ,united       
,states and are not able to recite those
 texts or that teach that those texts   
are products of white supremacy or      
racism4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,love ,america ,act of 
#bjba4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds   
the following3 7#a7 ,since the founding 
of the ,united ,states1 the institutions
 of the ,united ,states of ,america have
 set the worldwide standard for         
promoting democracy1 freedom1 liberty1  
and virtue4  7#b7 ,increasingly1        
students across the country are being   
taught misinformation1 including that   

the principles of the founding of the   
,united ,states were lies from the      
start1 that the core institutions of the
 ,united ,states are fundamentally      
racist and designed to propagate racism1
 and that it is acceptable to impute    
guilt to present-day individuals based  
on the color of their skin1 rather than 
the content of their character4  7#c7   
,the best antidote to misinformation is 
the truth1 which is reflected in the    
documents relating to the founding of   
the ,united ,states and other artifacts 
of the ,united ,states1 including the   
,declaration of ,independence1 the      
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
and the ,pledge of ,allegiance4  #c4    
,policy ,it is the policy of the ,united
 ,states that students in elementary and
 secondary school should know the truth 
about the history and documents relating
 to the founding of the ,united ,states1
 which express the principles that unite
 the people of the ,united ,states1     
including the ,declaration of           

,independence1 the ,constitution of the 
,united ,states1 and the ,pledge of     
,allegiance4  #d4 ,definition of        
educational agency or school ,in this   
,act1 the term educational agency or    
school means-- 7#a7 an elementary       
school1 as defined in section #haja of  
the ,elementary and ,secondary          
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja72  7#b7 a secondary school1 as    
defined in such section2  7#c7 a local  
educational agency1 as defined in such  
section2 or  7#d7 a ,state educational  
agency1 as defined in such section4  #e4
 ,restrictions on ,federal funds to     
educational agencies and schools  7a7   
,restriction on ,federal funds          
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 ,federal funds shall only be       
provided to an educational agency or    
school in which-- 7#a7 students in the  
first grade read and are able to recite 
the ,pledge of ,allegiance2  7#b7       
students in the fourth grade read the   
,constitution of the ,united ,states and

 are able to recite its preamble2  7#c7 
students in the eighth grade read the   
,declaration of ,independence and are   
able to recite its preamble2 and  7#d7  
students in the tenth grade read and are
 able to identify the ,bill of ,rights4 
7b7 ,restriction on ,federal funds for  
teaching that certain documents are     
products of white supremacy or racism   
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 no ,federal funds shall be provided
 to an educational agency or school that
 teaches that the ,pledge of            
,allegiance1 the ,declaration of        
,independence1 or the ,constitution of  
the ,united ,states is a product of     
white supremacy or racism4  #f4 ,rule of
 construction ,nothing in this ,act     
shall be construed to limit any right of
 students guaranteed under the ,first   
,amendment to the ,constitution of the  
,united ,states4