Bill
HR 793
Designates Feb 9–15, 2025 as National FBLA Week to recognize the Future Business Leaders of America and promote student leadership and career development (symbolic).
Status and basic info
- Bill number / type: H.R. 793 (House resolution)
- Introduced: January 28, 2025
- Sponsor(s): Rep. LaMonica McIver (primary) and Rep. Michelle Au (primary listed); numerous cosponsors including Wesley Bell, Yassamin Ansari, Nikema Williams, Valerie Foushee, Joyce Beatty, Adam Smith, Troy Carter, Jennifer McClellan, Eleanor Holmes Norton, and others.
- Committee referrals & actions: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture (and Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture); sponsor remarks delivered Feb 6; read and adopted in the House (March–April 2025); rules suspended and adopted April 8, 2025; reported enrolled and filed in early April 2025.
- Classification: Non-binding commemorative resolution.
Purpose and intent
- The resolution designates the week of February 9–15, 2025 as “National FBLA Week” to recognize and promote Future Business Leaders of America, Inc. (FBLA), a nonprofit educational organization that supports student leadership and business career development.
Key provisions and content
- Official recognition: Declares February 9–15, 2025 as National FBLA Week.
- Legislative findings included in the text:
- FBLA’s founding and history (first local chapter established in Johnson City, TN, in 1942; first state chapter in Iowa in 1947; example local charter at Johns Creek High School in 2009).
- Size and scope: more than 250,000 members and advisers in roughly 4,600 chapters across middle schools, high schools, colleges, career‑technical schools, and private business schools.
- Mission: to bring business and education together through leadership and career development, community service, and helping students transition from school to work.
- Administrative direction: authorizes the Clerk of the House to make copies of the resolution available to the public and press.
Who is affected
- Directly symbolic: FBLA, its members, advisers, and affiliated schools and chapters.
- Indirectly: educators, policymakers, local communities, and potential partners or employers who may use the observance to promote FBLA activities, recruitment, or local recognition.
Practical impact and limits
- Symbolic/ceremonial only: the resolution carries no funding, regulatory changes, or legal mandates. It encourages public recognition and awareness of FBLA and may support related events, outreach, or local commemorations during the designated week.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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