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Union Calendar No. 476 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8649 

[Report No. 118–575] 

To ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child’s public 

school, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 7, 2024 

Mr. BEAN of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

JULY 5, 2024 

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 June 7, 2024] 


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A BILL 

To ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in 

their child’s public school, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency in Re5 porting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PARENTS’ RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT FOREIGN INFLU7 ENCE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII 

9 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

10 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 8549D. PARENTS’ RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT FOREIGN 

13 INFLUENCE. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving funds 

15 under this Act, a local educational agency shall ensure that 

16 each elementary school and each secondary school served by 

17 such agency provides to each parent of a child attending 

18 the school, at a minimum— 

19 ‘‘(1) the right (in a manner consistent with 

20 copyright law) to review, and make copies of free of 

21 cost, at least every four weeks and not later than 30 

22 days after submission of a written request by the par23 ent, any curricular material or professional develop24 ment material used at the school that was purchased, 

25 or otherwise obtained, using funds received from the 


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1 government of a foreign country or a foreign entity 

2 of concern; 

3 ‘‘(2) the right to know, by written response pro4 vided not later than 30 days after submission of a 

5 written request by the parent, how many personnel of 

6 the school are compensated, in whole or in part, using 

7 funds received from the government of a foreign coun8 try or a foreign entity of concern; and 

9 ‘‘(3) the right to know, by written response pro10 vided not later than 30 days after submission of a 

11 written request by the parent, of— 

12 ‘‘(A) any donation received by the school or 

13 local educational agency from a foreign country 

14 or a foreign entity of concern; 

15 ‘‘(B) any agreement in writing (such as a 

16 contract or memorandum of understanding) be17 tween the school or local educational agency and 

18 a foreign country or a foreign entity of concern; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(C) any financial transaction between the 

21 school or local educational agency and a foreign 

22 country or a foreign entity of concern. 

23 ‘‘(b) DONATIONS, AGREEMENTS, AND FINANCIAL

24 TRANSACTIONS.—The information described in subsection 

25 (a)(3) shall include, at minimum, the following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) The name of the foreign country or foreign 

2 entity of concern. 

3 ‘‘(2) In any case in which funds were received by 

4 the school or local educational agency from a foreign 

5 country or a foreign entity of concern— 

6 ‘‘(A) the amount of such funds; and 

7 ‘‘(B) any terms or conditions applicable to 

8 the receipt of such funds. 

9 ‘‘(c) NOTICE OF RIGHTS.—At the beginning of each 

10 school year, a local educational agency receiving funds 

11 under this Act shall ensure that each elementary school and 

12 each secondary school served by such agency posts on a pub13 licly accessible website of the school or, if the school does 

14 not operate a website, widely disseminates to the public, a 

15 summary notice of the rights of parents described in sub16 sections (a) and (b). 

17 ‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—At the begin18 ning of each school year, the Secretary shall notify State 

19 educational agencies about the requirements of this section. 

20 As a condition of receiving funds under this Act, State edu21 cational agencies shall, at the beginning of each school year, 

22 notify local educational agencies of the requirements of this 

23 section. 

24 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) The term ‘foreign country’ means a foreign 

2 country or a dependent territory or possession of a 

3 foreign country. Such term does not include any of 

4 the outlying areas. 

5 ‘‘(2) The term ‘foreign entity of concern’ has the 

6 meaning given such term in section 10612(a) of the 

7 Research and Development, Competition, and Innova8 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 19221(a)).’’. 

9 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 

10 section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

11 of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

12 section 8549C the following: 

‘‘Sec. 8549D. Parents’ right to know about foreign influence.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 476 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8649 

[Report No. 118–575] 

A BILL 

To ensure that parents are aware of foreign influpurposes. ence in their child’s public school, and for other 

JULY 5, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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