{"bill":{"id":"119-s-1001","congress":119,"type":"S","number":1001,"title":"Crucial Communism Teaching Act","originChamber":"Senate","introducedDate":"2025-03-12","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"K000393","fullName":"Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]","party":"R","state":"LA","district":null}],"cosponsorsCount":3,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-03-12","text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions."},"policyArea":"Education","subjects":["Civics education","Elementary and secondary education","Political movements and philosophies","Teaching, teachers, curricula"],"actions":[{"date":"2025-03-12","text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-12","text":"Introduced in Senate","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Crucial Communism Teaching Act</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation to develop a civic education curriculum and oral history resources for high school students to promote understanding of certain political ideologies (e.g., communism and totalitarianism) that conflict with principles of U.S. democracy.</p>","updateDate":"2026-08-10T17:33:27Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":485,"ts":"2026-08-29T08:05:16.450Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Crucial%20Communism%20Teaching%20Act"}]}}