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2		-	Union Calendar No. 8
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3	2		119THCONGRESS
4	3		1
5	4		STSESSION H. R. 1069
6		-	[Report No. 119–14]
7	5		To prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary and
8	6		secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the Govern-
9	7		ment of the People’s Republic of China.
10	8		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11	9		FEBRUARY6, 2025
12	10		Mr. H
13	11		ERNof Oklahoma (for himself and Mr. KILEYof California) introduced
14	12		the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
15	13		Workforce
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17		-	ARCH5, 2025
18		-	Additional sponsor: Mr. B
19		-	ARR
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21		-	ARCH5, 2025
22		-	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
23		-	House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
24		-	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
25		-	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 6, 2025]
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29	14		A BILL
30	15		To prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for
31	16		elementary and secondary schools that receive direct or
32	17		indirect support from the Government of the People’s
33	18		Republic of China.
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37	19		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
38	20		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
39		-	~~SEC.~~ 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	21	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
40	22		This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Responsible 4
41	23		Oversight To Eliminate Communist Teachings for Our 5
42	24		Kids Act’’ or the ‘‘PROTECT Our Kids Act’’. 6
43		-	SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 7
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	28	+	SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 1
44	29		(a) P
45		-	ROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-8
46		-	sion of law, no funds may be made available under an ap-9
47		-	plicable program to any elementary school or secondary 10
48		-	school that— 11
49		-	(1) has a partnership in effect with a cultural or 12
50		-	language institute directly or indirectly funded by the 13
51		-	Government of the People’s Republic of China, includ-14
52		-	ing a Confucius Institute; 15
53		-	(2) operates a learning center directly or indi-16
54		-	rectly supported by the Government of the People’s 17
55		-	Republic of China (commonly referred to as a ‘‘Con-18
56		-	fucius Classroom’’); or 19
57		-	(3) otherwise receives support from an indi-20
58		-	vidual or entity acting directly or indirectly on behalf 21
59		-	of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, 22
60		-	including support in the form of teaching materials, 23
61		-	personnel, funds, or other resources. 24
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65		-	(b) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The prohibition under sub-1
66		-	section (a) shall take effect on the date that is one year after 2
67		-	the date of the enactment of this Act. 3
	30	+	ROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-2
	31	+	sion of law, no funds may be made available under an ap-3
	32	+	plicable program to any elementary school or secondary 4
	33	+	school that— 5
	34	+	(1) has a partnership in effect with a cultural 6
	35	+	or language institute directly or indirectly funded by 7
	36	+	the Government of the People’s Republic of China, 8
	37	+	including a Confucius Institute; 9
	38	+	(2) operates a learning center directly or indi-10
	39	+	rectly supported by the Government of the People’s 11
	40	+	Republic of China (commonly referred to as a ‘‘Con-12
	41	+	fucius Classroom’’); or 13
	42	+	(3) otherwise receives support from an indi-14
	43	+	vidual or entity acting directly or indirectly on behalf 15
	44	+	of the Government of the People’s Republic of 16
	45	+	China, including support in the form of teaching ma-17
	46	+	terials, personnel, funds, or other resources. 18
	47	+	(b) E
	48	+	FFECTIVEDATE.—The prohibition under sub-19
	49	+	section (a) shall take effect on the date that is one year 20
	50	+	after the date of the enactment of this Act. 21
68	51		(c) C
69		-	ONTRACTSMADEPRIOR TODATE OFENACT-4
70		-	MENT.— 5
	52	+	ONTRACTSMADEPRIOR TODATE OFENACT-22
	53	+	MENT.— 23
71	54		(1) I
72		-	N GENERAL.— 6
	55	+	N GENERAL.— 24
73	56		(A) W
74		-	AIVER REQUEST SUBMISSION .—In the 7
75		-	case of an elementary school or a secondary 8
76		-	school that is a party to a contract described in 9
77		-	paragraph (2), the school timely shall submit to 10
78		-	the Secretary a request for a waiver of the prohi-11
79		-	bition under subsection (a) that includes— 12
80		-	(i) the complete and unredacted text of 13
81		-	the contract, and if the contract is not in 14
82		-	English, a translated copy of the text into 15
83		-	English; and 16
84		-	(ii) a statement demonstrating that the 17
85		-	contract is for the benefit of the school’s 18
86		-	mission and students and will promote the 19
87		-	security, stability, and economic vitality of 20
88		-	the United States. 21
	57	+	AIVER REQUEST SUBMISSION .—In 25
	58	+	the case of an elementary school or a secondary 26
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	62	+	school that is a party to a contract described in 1
	63	+	paragraph (2), the school timely shall submit to 2
	64	+	the Secretary a request for a waiver of the pro-3
	65	+	hibition under subsection (a) that includes— 4
	66	+	(i) the complete and unredacted text 5
	67	+	of the contract, and if the contract is not 6
	68	+	in English, a translated copy of the text 7
	69	+	into English; and 8
	70	+	(ii) a statement demonstrating that 9
	71	+	the contract is for the benefit of the 10
	72	+	school’s mission and students and will pro-11
	73	+	mote the security, stability, and economic 12
	74	+	vitality of the United States. 13
89	75		(B) W
90		-	AIVER ISSUANCE.—the Secretary, 22
91		-	upon receipt of a request submitted under sub-23
92		-	paragraph (A), may issue a waiver to the school 24
93		-	for a period beginning on the effective date speci-25
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97		-	fied in subsection (b) and ending the date on 1
98		-	which the contract terminates. 2
	76	+	AIVER ISSUANCE.—the Secretary, 14
	77	+	upon receipt of a request submitted under sub-15
	78	+	paragraph (A), may issue a waiver to the school 16
	79	+	for a period beginning on the effective date 17
	80	+	specified in subsection (b) and ending the date 18
	81	+	on which the contract terminates. 19
99	82		(2) C
100		-	ONTRACTS DESCRIBED.—A contract is de-3
101		-	scribed in this paragraph if the contract— 4
102		-	(A) takes effect before the date of the enact-5
103		-	ment of this Act; 6
104		-	(B) continues to be effective after the effec-7
105		-	tive date specified in subsection (b); and 8
106		-	(C) relates to at least one of the cir-9
107		-	cumstances described in paragraph (1), (2), or 10
108		-	(3) of subsection (a). 11
	83	+	ONTRACTS DESCRIBED .—A contract is de-20
	84	+	scribed in this paragraph if the contract— 21
	85	+	(A) takes effect before the date of the en-22
	86	+	actment of this Act; 23
	87	+	(B) continues to be effective after the ef-24
	88	+	fective date specified in subsection (b); and 25
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	92	+	(C) relates to at least one of the cir-1
	93	+	cumstances described in paragraph (1), (2), or 2
	94	+	(3) of subsection (a). 3
109	95		(d) N
110		-	OTICE TOAFFECTEDSCHOOLS.—Not later than 12
111		-	90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-13
112		-	retary shall provide notice to elementary and secondary 14
113		-	schools of the requirements of this section together with 15
114		-	guidance for achieving compliance with such requirements. 16
115		-	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 17
116		-	In this Act: 18
	96	+	OTICE TOAFFECTEDSCHOOLS.—Not later 4
	97	+	than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 5
	98	+	the Secretary shall provide notice to elementary and sec-6
	99	+	ondary schools of the requirements of this section together 7
	100	+	with guidance for achieving compliance with such require-8
	101	+	ments. 9
	102	+	(e) D
	103	+	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 10
117	104		(1) A
118		-	PPLICABLE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘applica-19
119		-	ble program’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-20
120		-	tion 400(c)(1) of the General Education Provisions 21
121		-	Act (20 U.S.C. 1221(c)(1)). 22
122		-	(2) E
123		-	SEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 23
124		-	school’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘Secretary’’ have the 24
125		-	meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the El-25
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129		-	ementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 1
130		-	U.S.C. 7801). 2
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143		-	H. R. 1069
144		-	[Report No. 119–14]
145		-	A BILL
146		-	To prohibit the availability of Federal education
147		-	funds for elementary and secondary schools that
148		-	receive direct or indirect support from the Gov-
149		-	ernment of the People’s Republic of China.
150		-	M
151		-	ARCH
152		-	5, 2025
153		-	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
154		-	mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
155		-	and ordered to be printed
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	105	+	PPLICABLE PROGRAM .—The term ‘‘appli-11
	106	+	cable program’’ has the meaning given that term in 12
	107	+	section 400(c)(1) of the General Education Provi-13
	108	+	sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221(c)(1)). 14
	109	+	(2) ESEA
	110	+	TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 15
	111	+	school’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘Secretary’’ have 16
	112	+	the meanings given those terms in section 8101 of 17
	113	+	the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 18
	114	+	1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 19
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