HR7661Referred to Committee

Stop the Sexualization of Children Act

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

119th

Congress

2026-02-24

Introduced

Cosponsors

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Type

Sponsor

Mary E. Miller

Republican · IL · Representative

Votes with party: 92.3% (594 recorded votes)

Top industries funding sponsor:

Agriculture$371k

Full profile: /officials/M001211

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Cosponsors (22)

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

Latest Action

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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 632.

2026-07-02

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Committee Activity

Currently in

House Committee on Education and WorkforceReported By · 2026-07-02

Previously

Education and Workforce CommitteeMarkup By · 2026-03-17
House Committee on Education and WorkforceMarkup By · 2026-03-17
Education and Workforce CommitteeReferred To · 2026-02-24
House Committee on Education and WorkforceReferred To · 2026-02-24

Plain-English Summary

Stop the Sexualization of Children Act This bill prohibits the use of federal elementary and secondary education funds for sexually oriented material. Sexually oriented material is material that (1) includes any depiction, description, or simulation of sexually explicit conduct; or (2) involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism. Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of these funds to develop, implement, facilitate, host, or promote any program or activity for, or to provide or promote literature or other materials to, children under the age of 18 that includes sexually oriented material. This includes any program, activity, literature, or material that exposes children to nude adults, individuals who are stripping, or lewd or lascivious dancing. The bill does not prohibit the use of funds for the teaching of standard science coursework (e.g., biology, genetics, human health, and human anatomy), the texts of major world religions, classic works of literature or art (as defined by the bill), or security measures designed to help students recognize and safely respond to methods and attempts to sexually traffic children or groom children for sexual trafficking.

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

Subjects

Education

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7661 Reported in House (RH)] <DOC> Union Calendar No. 632 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7661 [Report No. 119-727] To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the use of funds provided under such Act to develop, implement, facilitate, host, or promote any program or activity for, or to provide or promote literature or other materials to, children under the age of 18 that includes sexually oriented material, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 24, 2026 Mrs. Miller of Illinois (for herself, Mr. Downing, Mr. Fine, Mr. Steube, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Ogles, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Ms. Letlow, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Roy, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Rose, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Self) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce July 2, 2026 Additional sponsors: Mr. McGuire, Mr. Bost, Mr. Norman, Mr. Webster of Florida, and Mr. Taylor July 2, 2026 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 24, 2026] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the use of funds provided under such Act to develop, implement, facilitate, host, or promote any program or activity for, or to provide or promote literature or other materials to, children under the age of 18 that includes sexually oriented material, and for other purposes. 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 ``Stop the Sexualization of Children Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR SEXUALLY ORIENTED MATERIAL. Section 8526 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7906) is amended-- (1) by striking ``No funds under this Act may be used--'' and inserting the following: ``(a) General Prohibitions.--No funds under this Act may be used-- ''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(b) Prohibition on Funding for Sexually Oriented Material.-- ``(1) In general.--No funds under this Act may be used to develop, implement, facilitate, host, or promote any program or activity for, or to provide or promote literature or other materials to, children under the age of 18 that includes sexually oriented material, including any program, activity, literature, or material that exposes such children to nude adults, individuals who are stripping, or lewd or lascivious dancing. ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the use of funds under this Act for, or otherwise limit or interfere with, teaching-- ``(A) standard science coursework, including biology, botany, zoology, microbiology, cytology, genetics, ecology, human health, or human anatomy and physiology; ``(B) the texts of major world religions; ``(C) classic works of literature; ``(D) classic works of art; or ``(E) security measures designed to help students recognize and safely respond to methods and attempts to sexually traffic children or to groom children for sexual trafficking, including the use of real world examples based in criminal law, including the fact patterns associated with the criminal cases brought against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. ``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection: ``(A) Classic works of art.--The term `classic works of art' means the works of art depicted, referenced,…

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or otherwise represented in Smarthistory guide to AP Art History, volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (2019-2020), published by Smarthistory. ``(B) Classic works of literature.--The term `classic works of literature' means the works of literature (including translations of such works)-- ``(i) included in the Great Books of the Western World (second edition, 1990), published by Encyclopaedia Britannica; ``(ii) referenced in the article `Classics Every Middle Schooler Should Read' by Thomas Purifoy, Jr. and published by Compass Classroom (as such article appeared on the date of enactment of this subsection); and ``(iii) referenced in the article `Classics Every High Schooler Should Read' by Mary Pierson Purifoy and published by Compass Classroom (as such article appeared on the date of enactment of this subsection). ``(C) Sexually oriented material.--The term `sexually oriented material' means material that-- ``(i) includes any depiction, description, or simulation of sexually explicit conduct (as defined in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 2256(2) of title 18, United States Code); or ``(ii) involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism.''. Union Calendar No. 632 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7661 [Report No. 119-727] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the use of funds provided under such Act to develop, implement, facilitate, host, or promote any program or activity for, or to provide or promote literature or other materials to, children under the age of 18 that includes sexually oriented material, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ July 2, 2026 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

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