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INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-207
PROTECTING HUNTING HERITAGE AND EDUCATION ACT
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Ms. Foxx, from the Committee on Education and the Workforce,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 5110]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Education and the Workforce, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 5110) to amend the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 to clarify that the prohibition on the
use of Federal education funds for certain weapons does not apply
to the use of such weapons for training in archery, hunting, or
other shooting sports, having considered the same, reports favor-
ably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as
amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL EDUCATION FUNDS FOR CER-
TAIN WEAPONS AND RELATED TRAINING.
Section 8526(7) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7906(7)) is amended by inserting , except that this paragraph shall not
apply to the use of funds under this Act for activities carried out under programs
authorized by this Act that are otherwise permissible under such programs and that
provide students with educational instruction or educational enrichment activities,
such as archery, hunting, other shooting sports, or culinary arts before the period
at the end.
PURPOSE
Students should have access to a well-rounded education and
safe, healthy recreation. Federal funds under the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA) should continue to be available
for these kinds of activities, which should include access to the nec-
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