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HR1005Passed House

Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-05
Introduced
5
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

David P. Joyce
David P. Joyce
Republican · OH · Representative
Votes with party: 94.6% (651 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/J000295

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (5)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

5 cosponsors on record at Congress.gov. The named list is syncing into Govwatch and will appear here shortly — view on Congress.gov in the meantime.

Latest Action

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

2025-12-04

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Education and WorkforceReported By · 2025-03-05

Previously

  • Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsReferred To · 2025-12-04
  • House Committee on Education and WorkforceMarkup By · 2025-02-12
  • House Committee on Education and WorkforceReferred To · 2025-02-05

Plain-English Summary

Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act or the CLASS Act This bill prohibits public elementary and secondary schools, as a condition of receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds, from accepting funds from or entering into a contract with the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or any individual or entity acting on behalf of the Chinese government or the CCP. The bill also requires schools to disclose funding from or contracts with a foreign source to the Department of Education.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Education
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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