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H.R.6537

H.R.6537: Education Department Civil Rights Transparency Act

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Introduced July 25, 2018
Latest Major Action July 25, 2018

Bill Sponsor

Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

Bill Cosponsors

22 (All Democrats)

André Carson (D-Ind.)
Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.)
Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)
Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.)
Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.)
Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.)
Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)
Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.)
José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)
Michael E. Capuano (D-Mass.)
Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
Anthony Brown (D-Md.)
Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)
Val Demings (D-Fla.)
Karen Bass (D-Calif.)

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Introduced in House - July 25, 2018

Bill Summary

Education Department Civil Rights Transparency Act This bill amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education (ED) to include in an annual report to ED, the President, and Congress specified information regarding federal civil rights violations by educational institutions.

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Date	Description
July 25, 2018	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
July 25, 2018	Introduced in the House by Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

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