[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 237 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 237

  Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of 
Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of 
Representatives relating to the reduction in force and other downsizing 
                measures at the Department of Education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2025

    Mr. Scott of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Wilson of 
   Florida, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Takano, Ms. Adams, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. 
 Norcross, Mrs. McBath, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Omar, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Casar, 
   Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Mannion) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                               Workforce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of 
Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of 
Representatives relating to the reduction in force and other downsizing 
                measures at the Department of Education.

    Resolved, That the President is requested, and the Secretary of 
Education is directed, to transmit, respectively, to the House of 
Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption 
of this resolution, unredacted copies of all documents, memoranda, 
legal opinions, notes from meetings, records (including telephone 
records, electronic mail records, and screenshots), correspondence 
(electronic or otherwise), and other communications (or any portion of 
any such communications) that are in the possession of the President or 
the Secretary, respectively, and refer or relate to the following:
            (1) The closure of the Department of Education.
            (2) Any reduction in force or other downsizing measures at 
        the Department of Education.
            (3) Any actions taken pursuant to the Secretary of 
        Education's March 3, 2025, communication to staff entitled 
        ``Our Department's Final Mission''.
            (4) Any actions taken pursuant to any Executive order of 
        the President directing the Secretary of Education to take 
        steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education.
            (5) Any determinations made by the Executive Office of the 
        President, the Secretary of Education, or the staff of the 
        Department of Education that the staff remaining at the 
        Department after any reduction in force, other downsizing 
        measure, or closure would be sufficient to ensure that the 
        Secretary could faithfully execute the Federal laws Congress 
        has directed the Secretary to enforce or implement, including--
                    (A) title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 
                (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.);
                    (B) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
                U.S.C. 2000d et seq.);
                    (C) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
                (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.);
                    (D) section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
                (29 U.S.C. 794);
                    (E) title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act 
                of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq.);
                    (F) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 
                6101 et seq.);
                    (G) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.);
                    (H) the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                1001 et seq.);
                    (I) the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
                Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.);
                    (J) the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 
                U.S.C. 9501 et seq.);
                    (K) section 444 of the General Education Provisions 
                Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) (commonly known as the ``Family 
                Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974''); and
                    (L) section 445 of the General Education Provisions 
                Act (20 U.S.C. 1232h) (commonly known as the 
                ``Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment'').
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