,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aa1 #bjbe,ms4
 ,salazar 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,gimenez1  
,mr4 ,diaz-,balart1 ,ms4 ,malliotakis1  
,ms4 ,de ,la ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,carter of     
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,lawler1 
,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey1 ,mr4 ,scott
 ,franklin of ,florida1 ,mr4            
,rutherford1 ,mr4 ,owens1 ,mr4          
,bilirakis1 and ,mrs4 ,hinson7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,workforce  ,a ,,bill    
,to develop and disseminate a civic     
education curriculum and oral history   
resources regarding certain political   
ideologies1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,crucial ,communism ,teaching ,act4
  #b4 ,purposes ,the purposes of this   
,act are the following3  7#a7 ,to help  
families1 civic institutions1 local     
communities1 local educational agencies1
 high schools1 and ,state educational   

agencies to prepare high school students
 to be civically responsible and        
knowledgeable adults4  7#b7 ,to ensure  
that high school students in the ,united
 ,states--  7,a7 learn that communism   
has led to the deaths of over           
#ajj1jjj1jjj victims worldwide2  7,b7   
understand the dangers of communism and 
similar political ideologies2 and  7,c7 
understand that #a1ejj1jjj1jjj people   
still suffer under communism4  #c4      
,development and dissemination of civic 
education curriculum and oral history   
resources ,the independent entity       
created under section #ije7;b77#a77;,b7 
of the ,,friendship ,act 7#dj ,u4,s4,c4 
#hijc note2 #ajg ,stat4 #bcca note71    
also known as the ,victims of ,communism
 ,memorial ,foundation1 shall--  7#a7   
develop a civic education curriculum for
 high school students that-- 7,a7       
includes a comparative discussion of    
certain political ideologies1 including 
communism and totalitarianism1 that     
conflict with the principles of freedom 

and democracy that are essential to the 
founding of the ,united ,states2  7,b7  
is updated periodically to ensure the   
curriculum includes both past and       
present communist and totalitarian      
regimes1 with a focus on-- 7i7 ongoing  
human rights abuses by such regimes1    
such as the treatment of ,uyghurs in the
 ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region  
7,,xuar7 by the ,people's ,republic of  
,china2 and  7ii7 aggression by such    
regimes against democratic nations and  
democracy1 such as actions taken by the 
,people's ,republic of ,china to deter  
pro-democracy protests in ,hong ,kong   
and the increasingly aggressive posture 
by the ,people's ,republic of ,china    
toward ,taiwan1 a democratic friend of  
the ,united ,states4  7,c7 is accurate1 
relevant1 and accessible1 so as to      
promote the understanding of such       
political ideologies2 and  7,d7 is      
compatible with a variety of courses1   
including social studies1 government1   
history1 and economics classes2  7#b7   

develop oral history resources that may 
be used alongside the curriculum        
described in paragraph 7#a7 and that    
include personal stories1 titled        
,portraits in ,patriotism1 from diverse 
individuals who--  7,a7 demonstrate     
civic-minded qualities2  7,b7 are       
victims of the political ideologies     
described in paragraph 7#a77;,a72 and   
7,c7 are able to compare the political  
ideologies described in paragraph       
7#a77;,a7 with the political ideology of
 the ,united ,states2 and  7#c7 engage  
with ,state and local educational       
leaders to assist high schools in using 
the curriculum described in paragraph   
7#a7 and the resources described in     
paragraph 7#b74  #d4 ,definitions ,the  
terms in section #haja of the           
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja7     
shall apply to this ,act4