,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bc1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,risch 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,crapo1 ,mr4 ,sheehy1 and ,ms4 ,lummis7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
prohibit the use of certain ,american   
,history and ,civics ,education program 
funds for curriculum1 or teaching or    
counseling1 that promotes or compels a  
divisive concept under the priorities   
noticed in the proposed rule submitted  
by the ,department of ,education        
relating to ,proposed                   
,priorities-,american ,history and      
,civics ,education4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,protect 
,equality ,and ,civics ,education ,act  
of #bjbe or the ,,peace ,act of #bjbe4  
#b4 ,prohibition on use of funds        
,section #bbca of the ,elementary and   
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj

 ,u4,s4,c4 #fffa7 is amended by adding  
at the end the following3  7c7          
,prohibition  7#a7 ,in ,general ,none of
 the funds made available to carry out  
this subpart may be used to fund        
curriculum1 or teaching or counseling1  
that promotes or compels a divisive     
concept under the priorities noticed in 
the proposed rule submitted by the      
,department of ,education relating to   
,proposed ,priorities-,american ,history
 and ,civics ,education 7published at   
#hf ,fed4 ,reg4 #bjcdh 7,april #ai1     
#bjba774  7#b7 ,definitions ,in this    
section3 7,a7 ,promotes or compels a    
divisive concept ,the term promotes or  
compels a divisive concept1 means race  
stereotyping or race scapegoating1 or   
promotion of one or more of the         
following concepts3 7i7 ,one race is    
inherently superior to another race4    
7ii7 ,the ,united ,states is            
fundamentally racist4  7iii7 ,an        
individual1 by virtue of his or her     
race1 is inherently racist or           

oppressive1 whether consciously or      
unconsciously4  7iv7 ,an individual     
should be discriminated against or      
receive adverse treatment solely or     
partly because of his or her race4  7v7 
,members of one race cannot and should  
not attempt to treat others without     
respect to race4  7vi7 ,an individual's 
moral character is necessarily          
determined by his or her race4  7vii7   
,an individual1 by virtue of his or her 
race1 bears responsibility for actions  
committed in the past by other members  
of the same race4  7viii7 ,any          
individual should feel discomfort1      
guilt1 anguish1 or any other form of    
psychological distress on account of his
 or her race4  7ix7 ,meritocracy or     
traits such as a hard work ethic are    
racist1 or were created by a particular 
race to oppress another race4  7,b7 ,the
 term race scapegoating means assigning 
fault1 blame1 or bias to a race1 or to  
members of a race because of their race4
  7,c7 ,the term race stereotyping means

 ascribing character traits1 values1    
moral and ethical codes1 privileges1    
status1 or beliefs to a race1 or to an  
individual because of the individual's  
race4  4