Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1069

Official text excerpt

119 HR 1069 IH: Promoting Responsible Oversight To Eliminate Communist Teachings for Our Kids Act 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-02-06 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1069 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 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. 
 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 . 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 …

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