HR 1005 United States House · 119th Congress

Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act

This bill prohibits public elementary and secondary schools receiving federal education funds from accepting money or entering contracts with the Chinese government, Chinese Communist Party, or their agents. Schools must also disclose any foreign funding or contracts within 30 days, including the source's name, country, amount, and terms. It directly affects all public K-12 schools participating in federal education programs. The law focuses solely on restricting funding sources and requiring transparency, with no provisions related to curriculum content or "combating lies" as referenced in the title.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Dec 2025

House Passage

Dec 2025

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Feb 5, 2025 Last action Dec 4, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 3 edits · Dec 3, 2025

MINOR

The engrossed version removes the entire prohibition on public schools accepting funds or contracts from the Chinese government and Chinese Communist Party, which was a major substantive provision in the introduced version. It also adds a $10,000 aggregate threshold to the foreign funding disclosure requirement, meaning smaller amounts of foreign funding no longer trigger the reporting obligation.

REQUIREMENT

The entire prohibition barring public schools from accepting funds or entering contracts with the Government of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Communist Party, or any entity acting on their behalf was deleted. This had been a condition on receiving federal financial assistance.

ELIGIBILITY

A $10,000 aggregate threshold was added to the foreign funding disclosure requirement. Schools now only must report when they receive funds in excess of $10,000 in the aggregate from a foreign source or enter into contracts with an aggregate value in excess of $10,000 with a foreign source.

TECHNICAL

The definitions section was restructured from a standalone section (Section 4) to subsection (b) within the disclosure section, and its scope was narrowed from 'In this Act' to 'In this section.'

Floor votes · House Dec 3, 2025

How they voted

242–176

Passed · 14 other

Total votes 432

Dec 3, 2025

D Democratic213

30 Yea 176 Nay 7

82% Nay

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican218

211 Yea 7

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Amendments

Dec 4, 2025

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

upper

Dec 3, 2025

Introduced

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

lower

Dec 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 242 - 176 (Roll no. 312). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H5005-5006)

lower

Dec 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 242 - 176 (Roll no. 312). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H5005-5006)

lower

Dec 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 916 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965 and H.R. 4305. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965, and H.R. 4305 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-12.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 5 co-sponsors