# 119-sres-426: A resolution designating the week of October 5, 2025, through October 11, 2025, as "Religious Education Week" to celebrate religious education in the United States.

119-sres-426, A resolution designating the week of October 5, 2025, through October 11, 2025, as "Religious Education Week" to celebrate religious education in the United States., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] (R-SC); status introduced (as of 2026-10-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-sres-426
- Congress: 119
- Title: A resolution designating the week of October 5, 2025, through October 11, 2025, as "Religious Education Week" to celebrate religious education in the United States.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-30
- Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] (R-SC)
- Cosponsors: 30
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-03

## Summary

**Religious education** is the focus of a Senate resolution that would designate October 5 through October 11, 2025 as Religious Education Week. The measure would affirm the role of religious education in civic and moral development, celebrate schools and organizations that provide religious instruction, and call on each state, territory, and the District of Columbia to accommodate students who wish to be released from public school to attend religious classes.

## Cosponsors (30)

- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] (R-MO), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] (R-IN), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] (R-SC), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] (R-TN), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] (R-LA), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] (R-UT), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] (R-MO), 2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK), 2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-s-128: SAVE Act

## Sources
- [119-sres-426 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/426)

## Related
- [119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1071)
- [119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2296)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-186)
- [119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-6)
- [119-s-128: SAVE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-128)
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