119 HR 10178 IH: School Health and Instructional Environment Limits and Disclosure Act U.S. House of Representatives 2026-08-27 text/xml EN 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.

I119th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 10178IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESAugust 27, 2026Mr. Steube (for himself, Ms. Hageman, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, and Mrs. Harshbarger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and WorkforceA BILLTo amend the General Education Provisions Act to require certain local educational agencies to notify parents before distributing or disseminating information about abortion or abortion-related services to students, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the School Health and Instructional Environment Limits and Disclosure Act or the SHIELD Act.

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Restrictions on distributing information about abortion at schools

Section 445(c) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232h(c)) is amended— (1)in paragraph (2)(C), by adding at the end the following: (iv)Activities involving the distribution or dissemination of information about abortion or abortion-related services to students.; (2)by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; (3)by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5)

Prohibition on certain organizations distributing abortion-related information

A local educational agency that receives funds under any applicable program may not allow any organization that provides abortions (or a subsidiary of such an organization), including an abortion service provider, to distribute or disseminate information about abortion or abortion-related services to students on school grounds or a virtual platform of the local educational agency (including sharing or reposting such information on behalf of such outside organization on social media). ; and (4)in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by adding at the end the following: (H)

Abortion-related service

The term abortion-related service means any medical, surgical, or support care directly related to terminating the pregnancy of a woman. .