I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 703 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 1, 2023 Mrs. Beatty (for herself, Ms. Williams of Georgia , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Ms. Plaskett , Mr. Cleaver , Ms. Brown , Mr. Sablan , Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Auchincloss , Ms. Sewell , Ms. Norton , Mr. Bowman , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Ivey , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Mfume , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Lynch , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Ms. Meng , Ms. Barragán , Mrs. Hayes , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Crockett , Mr. Green of Texas , Ms. Lee of California , Mrs. McBath , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Ms. Pressley , Ms. Strickland , Mrs. Sykes , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , and Ms. Blunt Rochester ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs that include the history of peoples of African descent in the settling and founding of America, the economic and political environments that led to the development, institutionalization, and abolition of slavery and its impact on all Americans, the exploration and expansion of America, impact on and contributions to the development and enhancement of American life, United States history, literature, the economy, politics, body of laws, and culture, and for other purposes.