H.R. 5349: Crucial Communism Teaching Act

Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Passed House, 6 Dec 2024. Introduced 5 Sep 2023.

Official title: To develop and disseminate a civic education curriculum and oral history resources regarding certain political ideologies, and for other purposes.

Vote results

How each member voted

House

Yea (327): Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); James Comer (R-KY-1); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); John James (R-MI-10); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).

Nay (62): Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); André Carson (D-IN-7); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3).

Not voting (43): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL).

Speaker, not listed (1): Mike Johnson (R-LA-4).

Not in office (12): Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); George Santos (R-NY-3).

Summary

Main subject: Directs the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation to develop a civic education curriculum and oral history resources for high school students on communism, totalitarianism and similar political ideologies, and to engage with State and local educational leaders on their use. Sec. 3

Its core areas: High school civic education curriculum on communism and totalitarianism; Oral history resources titled "Portraits in Patriotism"; Outreach to State and local educational leaders.

Unexpected Items: 0 provisions

What it does

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 30 Sep 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.

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