[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 123 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4465]
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  SA 2914. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of part I of subtitle F of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 5__. REPORT ON MATERIALS, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES 
                   RESTRICTED AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION 
                   ACTIVITY SCHOOLS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Department of Defense Education Activity may be engaging 
     in censorship that could violate the rights of members of the 
     Armed Forces and their families under the First Amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States.
       (b) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Personnel and Readiness shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report enumerating the educational 
     materials, programs, and activities affected by the memoranda 
     issued by the Department of Defense Education Activity on 
     February 5, 2025, restricting the use of materials by covered 
     schools.
       (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) A list of books restricted at a covered school as a 
     result of the memoranda described in paragraph (1).
       (B) A list of any curriculum materials or educational 
     guidance that has been modified at a covered school as a 
     result of those memoranda.
       (C) A list of programs restricted at a covered school as a 
     result of those memoranda.
       (D) A list of activities restricted at a covered school as 
     a result of those memoranda.
       (E) A list of holidays or commemorative heritage activities 
     restricted at covered school as a result of those memoranda.
       (F) A description of a process by which administrators, 
     teachers, parents, students, and other interested parties at 
     a covered school can submit a complaint about restrictions 
     imposed pursuant to those memoranda to the Director of the 
     Department of Defense Education Activity, including an option 
     for maintaining the anonymity of individuals submitting a 
     complaint.
       (3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Congressional defense committees.--The term 
     ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.
       (B) Covered school.--The term ``coverd school'' means a 
     school operated--
       (i) by the Department of Defense Education Activity; or
       (ii) with support provided by the Non-Department of Defense 
     Schools Program.
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