# 114-hr-2545: Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act

114-hr-2545, Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2545
- Congress: 114
- Title: Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Introduced: 2015-05-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Department of Education to award competitive grants to educational organizations to carry out proposed or existing Holocaust education programs. Grants may not be used to supplant nonfederal funds the grantees would otherwise have used for Holocaust education programs.

## Cosponsors (11)

- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2015-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- PETER KING (R-NY), 2015-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY), 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2015-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- SANDER LEVIN (D-MI), 2015-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- NITA LOWEY (D-NY), 2015-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2015-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2015-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2016-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-2902: Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2015
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- 114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.
- 114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-2545 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2545)

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- [114-hr-2902: Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2902)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2545 (as of 2025-11-18).