Proposal history / Department of Education termination
Five introductions, changing termination dates
Each of these bills proposes terminating the Department of Education. The proposed deadline changes across introductions; the bill number stays the same.
- First introduction shown
- 2017
- House introductions shown
- 5
- Congresses shown
- 5
- Latest introduction
- 2025
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To terminate the Department of Education.
Proposed termination date: December 31, 2026.
Current Congress- Introduced
- Jan 31, 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
- Last action
- Jan 31, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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2025119th CongressH.R.899To terminate the Department of Education.Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]Current Congress
Introduced Jan 31, 2025 by Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4].
Proposed termination date: December 31, 2026.
Last recorded action: Jan 31, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2023118th CongressH.R.899To terminate the Department of Education.Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]Congress ended
Introduced Feb 9, 2023 by Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4].
Proposed termination date: December 31, 2023.
Last recorded action: Feb 9, 2023 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2021117th CongressH.R.899To terminate the Department of Education.Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]Congress ended
Introduced Feb 5, 2021 by Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4].
Proposed termination date: December 31, 2022.
Last recorded action: Feb 5, 2021 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019116th CongressH.R.899To terminate the Department of Education.Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]Congress ended
Introduced Jan 30, 2019 by Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4].
Proposed termination date: December 31, 2020.
Last recorded action: Jan 30, 2019 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2017115th CongressH.R.899To terminate the Department of Education.Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]Congress ended
Introduced Feb 7, 2017 by Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4].
Proposed termination date: December 31, 2018.
Last recorded action: Feb 7, 2017 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.