Support the teaching of honest history in public schools.

Becca Balint · Vermont · Democratic

policy impact 2.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 90%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Sponsor: Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (Introduced 06/22/2023) Latest Action: House - 06/22/2023 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. This bill has the status Introduced

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official Congress.gov record shows Balint sponsored H.R. 4273 during her first House term, but the bill remained only introduced/referred rather than enacted, so the policy delivery is unresolved while documenting concrete effort.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R.4273 - LGBTQI+ and Women’s History Education Act of 2023
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

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Book ban laws censor age-appropriate stories that people just do not want told, increasingly target history, and disproportionately impact people of color, LGBTQIA2S+ people, and people with disabilities.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): In later federal service, Balint inserted opposition material into the Congressional Record during debate on H.R. 2616, framing the bill as censorship that targets history; this is further effort, not enacted delivery of an affirmative honest-history policy.

unresolved later_term A for effort

CREC-2026-05-20-pt1-PgH3652.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

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