119-s2428

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 2428 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2428

 To amend chapter 1511 of title 36, United States Code, to impose 
 certain requirements on the National Education Association, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 24, 2025

 Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Sheehy, and Mr. 
Cruz) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
 to the Committee on Finance

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 A BILL

 To amend chapter 1511 of title 36, United States Code, to impose 
 certain requirements on the National Education Association, and for 
 other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping Teachers Unions from 
Damaging Education Needs Today Act'' or the ``STUDENT Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) The National Education Association (referred to in this 
 section as the ``NEA'') was chartered in 1906 by an Act of 
 Congress (34 Stat. 804, chapter 3929) ``to elevate the 
 character and advance the interests of the profession of 
 teaching; and to promote the cause of education in the United 
 States'' (36 U.S.C. 151102) and remains the only labor union 
 that has a Federal charter.

    (2) By continuing to hold its Federal charter, the NEA's 
 actions and advocacy effectively receive Congress' seal of 
 approval.

    (3) The NEA can no longer be considered a patriotic or 
 national organization worthy of its Federal charter as it has 
 drifted substantially from its core mission and become a 
 massive political operation dedicated to electing Democrats and 
 imposing a radical progressive agenda on the schools of the 
 United States.

    (4) In July 2019, NEA members held an assembly and voted 
 against adding a business item to the organization that stated: 
 ``The National Education Association will rededicate itself to 
 the pursuit of increased student learning in every public 
 school in America by putting a renewed emphasis on quality 
 education. NEA will make student learning the priority of the 
 association''.

    (5) In the same assembly, NEA members voted in support of 
 the right to an abortion, supporting illegal immigration, and 
 expanding professional development for educators to help create 
 student Gender Sexuality Alliance clubs.

    (6) According to disclosures made to the Office of Labor-
 Management Standards, from September 2019 to August 2021, the 
 NEA spent over $116,700,000 on political activities and 
 lobbying, and in the 2020 election cycle, 95.7 percent of 
 candidate campaign contributions by the NEA went to Democrat 
 candidates.

    (7) The NEA adopted measures in July 2021 to support 
 critical race theory, calling it ``reasonable and 
 appropriate'', and to spend $56,500 on researching and shaming 
 organizations fighting the inclusion of critical race theory in 
 schools.

    (8) The NEA and other teacher unions stood in the way of 
 reopening schools in 2020 and 2021 by threatening strikes, 
 donating to Democrat candidates that backed school closures, 
 and influencing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
 guidance to make it harder for schools to reopen.

    (9) In July 2025, NEA members held an assembly and voted to 
 cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League (referred to in this 
 section as the ``ADL'') due to the ADL's position on Israel and 
 countering antisemitism. Cutting ties would mean no longer 
 using ADL materials on antisemitism and Holocaust education nor 
 promoting the ADL's statistics or programs.

    (10) At the same assembly, the NEA members voted to refer 
 to President Donald J. Trump's policies as ``fascism''.

SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATION.

 

Section 151103 of title 36, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows:
``

Sec. 151103. Membership
 ``

    (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
eligibility for membership in the corporation and the rights, 
obligations, and designation of classes of members are as provided in 
the bylaws.
 ``

    (b) Collection of Dues From State or Local Government 
Employees.--The corporation and its State and local affiliates may only 
accept payment of membership dues or fees from an employee of a State 
or local government (as such terms are defined in 

section 3371 of title 
5) either directly from the employee or indirectly via per capita taxes 
or other fees paid by an affiliate, if--
 ``

    (1) the employee has been notified by the corporation or 
 its applicable State or local affiliate of their right under 
 the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 refrain from membership and payment of associated dues or fees;
 ``

    (2) the employee has clearly and affirmatively consented 
 to membership and payment of associated dues or fees; and
 ``

    (3) the employee has authorized the transmittal of the 
 employee's membership dues or fees to the corporation or its 
 applicable State or local affiliate without the use, directly 
 or indirectly, of payroll deduction.
 ``
            (c) Membership Cancellation.--The corporation and its State or 
local affiliates shall process and honor membership and dues payment 
cancellation requests as soon as practicable following receipt.''.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENTS.

 

Section 151105 of title 36, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in the matter before paragraph

    (1) , by striking ``The'' 
 and inserting ``

    (a) Powers.--The''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (b) Requirements.--The corporation shall comply with the 
following requirements:
 ``

    (1) The corporation, or a director or officer of the 
 corporation as such, may not contribute to, support, or 
 participate in any political activity or in any manner attempt 
 to influence legislation.
 ``

    (2) The corporation and its State or local affiliates 
 shall not--
 ``
        (A) discriminate against individuals on the basis 
 of race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, or 
 national origin; or
 ``
        (B) establish or observe any quota based on race, 
 color, religion, sex, disability, age, or national 
 origin in matters concerning membership, corporate 
 governance, or personnel.
 ``

    (3) Each officer of the corporation shall be a citizen of 
 the United States.
 ``

    (4) The corporation shall maintain its status as an 
 organization exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue 
 Code of 1986.
 ``

    (5) The form of government of the corporation must be 
 representative of the membership-at-large and may not permit 
 concentration of control in a limited number of members or in a 
 self-perpetuating group not representative of the membership-
 at-large.
 ``

    (6) The corporation is liable for any act of any officer 
 or agent of the corporation acting within the scope of the 
 authority of the corporation.
 ``

    (7) The corporation shall comply with the law governing 
 service of process in--
 ``
        (A) the District of Columbia;
 ``
        (B) each State in which it is incorporated; and
 ``
            (C) each State in which it carries out 
 activities.
 ``

    (8) The corporation shall keep--
 ``
        (A) correct and complete records of account;
 ``
        (B) minutes of the proceedings of members, board 
 of directors, and committees of the corporation having 
 any of the authority of the board of directors of the 
 corporation; and
 ``
            (C) at the principal office of the corporation 
 established under 

section 151107 of this title, a 
 record of the names and addresses of the members of the 
 corporation entitled to vote on matters relating to the 
 corporation.
 ``

    (9) A member entitled to vote on any matter relating to 
 the corporation, or an agent or attorney of the member, may 
 inspect the records of the corporation for any proper purpose 
 at any time.
 ``

    (10) The corporation shall submit to Congress an annual 
 report on the activities of the corporation during the 
 preceding fiscal year.
 ``

    (11) The Attorney General of the United States may bring 
 a civil action in the United States District Court for the 
 District of Columbia for appropriate equitable relief if the 
 corporation--
 ``
        (A) engages or threatens to engage in any act, 
 practice, or policy that is inconsistent with the 
 purposes described in 

section 151102 of this title; or
 ``
        (B) refuses, fails, or neglects to carry out its 
 obligations under this chapter or threatens to do so.
 ``

    (12) On dissolution or final liquidation of the 
 corporation, any assets remaining after the discharge or 
 satisfactory provision for the discharge of all liabilities 
 shall be either deposited in the Treasury of the United States 
 as a miscellaneous receipt or divided equally among employed 
 individuals who are, at the time of dissolution or final 
 liquidation, members of the corporation or any of its State or 
 local affiliates.
 ``

    (13) No part of the compensation received for work 
 performed on behalf of the corporation, or any of its State or 
 local affiliates, by any officer or representative of the 
 corporation, or any of its State or local affiliates, who is an 
 employee of a State or local government (as such terms are 
 defined in 

section 3371 of title 5), may be derived from 
 payments made by the State or local government to the 
 corporation or its officers or representatives.
 ``

    (14) The corporation and its State or local affiliates 
 shall not--
 ``
        (A) require or encourage staff, officers, 
 affiliates, or members to affirm, adopt, or adhere to 
 any belief of concept that--
 ``
            (i) the United States is fundamentally or 
 irredeemably racist or sexist;
 ``
            (ii) an individual, by virtue of sex, 
 race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national 
 origin--
 ``
            (I) is inherently racist, sexist, 
 or oppressive, whether consciously or 
 unconsciously; or
 ``
            (II) should be blamed for actions 
 committed in the past by other members 
 of the same sex, race, ethnicity, 
 religion, color, or national origin;
 ``
            (iii) an individual's moral character is 
 necessarily determined, in whole or in part, by 
 the sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or 
 national origin of the individual; or
 ``
            (iv) promotes antisemitic beliefs or 
 practices, including beliefs that perpetuate 
 harmful stereotypes about Jewish people, deny 
 or minimize the Holocaust, or promote hatred or 
 discrimination against Jewish individuals based 
 on identity, ancestry or connection to and 
 beliefs about Israel; or
 ``
        (B) advocate for or encourage any local 
 educational agency, public school (including a public 
 charter school), or governmental entity responsible for 
 the oversight of public secondary or elementary schools 
 to require students to affirm, adopt, or adhere to any 
 of the beliefs, practices, or concepts described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) .
 ``

    (15) The corporation and its State or local affiliates 
 shall not--
 ``
        (A) call, or participate in, a strike, work 
 stoppage, or slowdown affecting a State or local 
 government (as such terms are defined in 

section 3371 
 of title 5); or
 ``
        (B) condone any activity described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) of this paragraph by failing to take 
 action to prevent or stop such activity.
 ``

    (16) The corporation and each of its State and local 
 affiliates shall be deemed to be a labor organization, as such 
 term is defined in 

section 3 of the Labor-Management Reporting 
 and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 402), and shall abide by 
 all provisions of such Act applicable to labor 
 organizations.''.

SEC. 5. REPEAL OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.

    (a) In General.--

Section 151106 of title 36, United States Code, is 
repealed.

    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 1511 of title 
36, United States Code, is amended by repealing the item relating to 

section 151106.
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