H.R. 5714 — October 7 Remembrance Education Act

This section directs the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to develop, beginning not later than 180 days after enactment, a curriculum for secondary schools on Hamas’ October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks against Israel. The curriculum must cover (1) the attacks themselves; (2) the history of antisemitism and its role in the attacks; (3) the spread of antisemitism and anti-Israel rhetoric in the United States and on higher education institution campuses following the attacks; (4) social media’s role in accelerating that spread; and (5) denial and distortion as forms of antisemitism. This section requires the Director to submit a report to Congress on the curriculum not later than the earlier of 180 days after curriculum completion or three years after enactment and defines relevant terms, including “antisemitism” (per the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition adopted May 26, 2016), “local educational agency,” “secondary school,” and “State” (as defined in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), and “Hamas’ October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks against Israel.”