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WASHINGTON – Today, the House passed H.R. 5110, the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act, bipartisan legislation that overturns the Department of Education’s funding ban on hunting and archery programs in schools. 
 
On passage of the bill, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following statement: “The Department of Education is completely tone-deaf to think that cutting hunting and archery programs in schools is a good idea. These programs have been around for decades. They educate millions of students on how to become better stewards of our land and animals, and they develop responsible hunters and gun owners. It should be a wake-up call for this administration that this bill passed on a bipartisan basis. Hunting and archery programs are here to stay.” 
 
The Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act: 

• Clarifies that the prohibition on the use of ESEA funds for certain weapons does not apply to educational enrichment activities such as archery, hunting, other shooting sports, or culinary arts;
• Reaffirms that hunting and archery programs teach America’s schoolchildren self-esteem, responsibility, and how to use these recreational tools safely; and 
• Sends the Department of Education a clear message that we stand behind student hunters and archers.