S. 2735 · 118th Congress · Senate

Defending Hunters' Education Act of 2023

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced
Sep 6, 23
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Defending Hunters' Education Act of 2023

This bill authorizes the use of federal elementary and secondary education funds to purchase or use dangerous weapons for purposes of providing students with educational enrichment activities and instruction, such as archery, hunter safety education, or culinary arts.

Current law prohibits the use of these funds to provide any person with a dangerous weapon or training in the use of a dangerous weapon. The bill specifies that this prohibition shall not apply to the use of these funds for permissible program activities that provide students with educational enrichment activities and instruction, such as archery, hunter safety education, or culinary arts.

Action Timeline

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  1. SEP 06, 2023IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. SEP 06, 2023IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Committees

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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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Referred: Sep 6, 2023

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