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H.R.3119

H.R.3119: BEST Act

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Introduced June 5, 2019
Latest Major Action June 5, 2019

Bill Sponsor

Julia Brownley (D-Calif.)

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24 (All Democrats)

Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.)
Grace F. Napolitano (D-Calif.)
Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.)
Jim Langevin (D-R.I.)
Judy Chu (D-Calif.)
Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
Gilbert Cisneros (D-Calif.)
Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.)
José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)
Gwen Moore (D-Wis.)
Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.)
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.)
Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
Darren Soto (D-Fla.)
Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)
Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.)
Cynthia Axne (D-Iowa)
Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)
Mark Pocan (D-Wis.)
Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-Mass.)
David E. Price (D-N.C.)

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Introduced in House - June 5, 2019

Bill Summary

Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching Act or the BEST Act This bill directs the Department of Education to award renewable two-year grants to states to establish or improve, and carry out, Seal of Biliteracy programs to recognize student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in both English and a second language.

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Date	Description
June 5, 2019	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
June 5, 2019	Introduced in the House by Julia Brownley (D-Calif.)

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Introduced in the House by Julia Brownley (D-Calif.)