HR 1069 United States House · 119th Congress

PROTECT Our Kids Act

HR 1069, the PROTECT Our Kids Act, prohibits federal funding for elementary and secondary schools that partner with Chinese government-funded programs like Confucius Institutes or Confucius Classrooms. The bill bans funds under applicable federal education programs from schools having such partnerships, effective one year after enactment. Schools with existing contracts before the bill's passage may request waivers by proving the partnership benefits students and supports U.S. security, though waivers expire when contracts end. The law directly affects schools receiving federal education funds and requires schools to comply within 90 days of enactment.

Issues: ✗ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Dec 2025

House Passage

Dec 2025

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Last action Dec 4, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 3 edits · Dec 4, 2025

MINOR

The engrossed version of HR 1069 makes primarily technical and formatting changes from the introduced version. The most notable structural change is moving the definitions from subsection (e) of section 2 into a new standalone section 3, and broadening the definitional scope from 'this section' to 'this Act.' All other changes are typographical, including smart apostrophes and capitalization corrections.

TECHNICAL

Definitions were moved from subsection (e) of section 2 into a new standalone section 3 titled 'Definitions,' changing the introductory language from 'In this section' to 'In this Act.' This is a structural reorganization that technically broadens where the definitions apply, though in practice the effect is minimal since the Act contains only two substantive sections.

Straight apostrophes were replaced with typographic (curly) apostrophes in references to 'People's Republic of China' in subsections 2(a)(1) and 2(a)(2).

The label 'ESEA Terms' was changed to 'Esea terms,' a minor capitalization correction.

Floor votes · House Dec 4, 2025

How they voted

247–164

Passed · 22 other

Total votes 433

Dec 4, 2025

D Democratic213

33 Yea 164 Nay 16

76% Nay

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican219

213 Yea 6

97% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

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 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 247 - 164 (Roll no. 313). (text: CR H5032)

lower

Dec 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 247 - 164 (Roll no. 313). (text: CR H5032)

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. 119-14.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Introduced

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 13.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors