119-hr1069

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 1069 Reported in House

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 Union Calendar No. 8
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1069

 [Report No. 119-14]

To prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary 
and secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the 
 Government of the People's Republic of China.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 6, 2025

 Mr. Hern of Oklahoma (for himself and Mr. Kiley of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Education and Workforce

 March 5, 2025

 Additional sponsor: Mr. Barr

 March 5, 2025

 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
 House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
 in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
 February 6, 2025]

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 A BILL

To prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary 
and secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the 
 Government of the People's Republic of China.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Responsible Oversight To 
Eliminate Communist Teachings for Our Kids Act'' or the ``PROTECT Our 
Kids Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
funds may be made available under an applicable program to any 
elementary school or secondary school that--

    (1) has a partnership in effect with a cultural or language 
 institute directly or indirectly funded by the Government of 
 the People's Republic of China, including a Confucius 
 Institute;

    (2) operates a learning center directly or indirectly 
 supported by the Government of the People's Republic of China 
 (commonly referred to as a ``Confucius Classroom''); or

    (3) otherwise receives support from an individual or entity 
 acting directly or indirectly on behalf of the Government of 
 the People's Republic of China, including support in the form 
 of teaching materials, personnel, funds, or other resources.

    (b) Effective Date.--The prohibition under subsection

    (a) shall 
take effect on the date that is one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
            (c) Contracts Made Prior to Date of Enactment.--

    (1) In general.--
        (A) Waiver request submission.--In the case of an 
 elementary school or a secondary school that is a party 
 to a contract described in paragraph

    (2) , the school 
 timely shall submit to the Secretary a request for a 
 waiver of the prohibition under subsection

    (a) that 
 includes--
            (i) the complete and unredacted text of the 
 contract, and if the contract is not in 
 English, a translated copy of the text into 
 English; and
            (ii) a statement demonstrating that the 
 contract is for the benefit of the school's 
 mission and students and will promote the 
 security, stability, and economic vitality of 
 the United States.
        (B) Waiver issuance.--the Secretary, upon receipt 
 of a request submitted under subparagraph
        (A) , may 
 issue a waiver to the school for a period beginning on 
 the effective date specified in subsection

    (b) and 
 ending the date on which the contract terminates.

    (2) Contracts described.--A contract is described in this 
 paragraph if the contract--
        (A) takes effect before the date of the enactment 
 of this Act;
        (B) continues to be effective after the effective 
 date specified in subsection

    (b) ; and
            (C) relates to at least one of the circumstances 
 described in paragraph

    (1) ,

    (2) , or

    (3) of subsection

    (a) .
            (d) Notice to Affected Schools.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide notice 
to elementary and secondary schools of the requirements of this section 
together with guidance for achieving compliance with such requirements.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Applicable program.--The term ``applicable program'' 
 has the meaning given that term in 

section 400
            (c) (1) of the 
 General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221
            (c) (1) ).

    (2) Esea terms.--The terms ``elementary school'', 
 ``secondary school'', and ``Secretary'' have the meanings given 
 those terms in 

section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
 Union Calendar No. 8

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 H. R. 1069

 [Report No. 119-14]

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary 
and secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the 
 Government of the People's Republic of China.

_______________________________________________________________________

 March 5, 2025

 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
 House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed