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Barbara Boxer: “In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the following: SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the…”

On the recordJune 14, 2001
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the following: SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the ``Equal Access to Public School Facilities Act.'' SEC. 2. EQUAL ACCESS. In General.--No public elementary school, public secondary school, local educational agency, or State educational agency, may deny equal access or a fair opportunity to meet after school in a designated open forum to any youth group, including the Boy Scouts of America, based on that group's favorable or unfavorable position concerning sexual orientation.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Introducing an amendment related to equal access for youth groups in public schools.

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