[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6816 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6816

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2023

 Mr. Hern (for himself, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Walberg, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. 
  Rouzer, Mr. Alford, Mr. Babin, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Cline, Mr. 
Ellzey, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Jackson of 
   Texas, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Owens, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Scott Franklin of 
  Florida, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
Allen, Mr. Moran, Mr. Edwards, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Baird, Mr. Austin Scott 
    of Georgia, Mrs. Lesko, and Mr. Dunn of Florida) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 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.

    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 ``Promoting Responsible Oversight To 
Eliminate Communist Teachings for Our Kids Act'' or the ``PROTECT Our 
Kids Act''.

SEC. 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 enactment of 
this Act.
    (c) Notice to Affected Schools.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall provide 
notice to elementary and secondary schools of the requirements of this 
Act together with guidance for achieving compliance with such 
requirements.
    (d) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Applicable program.--The term ``applicable program'' 
        has the meaning given that term in section 400(c)(1) of the 
        General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221(c)(1)).
            (2) ESEA terms.--The terms ``elementary school'' and 
        ``secondary school'' have the meanings given those terms in 
        section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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