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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6816 

To prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary and 

secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the Government of the People’s Republic of China. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 14, 2023 

Mr. HERN (for himself, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. WALBERG, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. 

ROUZER, Mr. ALFORD, Mr. BABIN, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. CLINE, 

Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. 

JACKSON of Texas, Mr. OGLES, Mr. OWENS, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. SCOTT

FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. WILSON of South 

Carolina, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. MORAN, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. 

BAIRD, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. LESKO, and Mr. DUNN of 

Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for 

elementary and secondary schools that receive direct or 

indirect support from the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Responsible 

3 Oversight To Eliminate Communist Teachings for Our 

4 Kids Act’’ or the ‘‘PROTECT Our Kids Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 

6 (a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi7 sion of law, no funds may be made available under an ap8 plicable program to any elementary school or secondary 

9 school that— 

10 (1) has a partnership in effect with a cultural 

11 or language institute directly or indirectly funded by 

12 the Government of the People’s Republic of China, 

13 including a Confucius Institute; 

14 (2) operates a learning center directly or indi15 rectly supported by the Government of the People’s 

16 Republic of China (commonly referred to as a ‘‘Con17 fucius Classroom’’); or 

18 (3) otherwise receives support from an indi19 vidual or entity acting directly or indirectly on behalf 

20 of the Government of the People’s Republic of 

21 China, including support in the form of teaching ma22 terials, personnel, funds, or other resources. 

23 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The prohibition under sub24 section (a) shall take effect on the date that is one year 

25 after the date of enactment of this Act. 


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1 (c) NOTICE TO AFFECTED SCHOOLS.—Not later than 

2 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary of Education shall provide notice to elementary and 

4 secondary schools of the requirements of this Act together 

5 with guidance for achieving compliance with such require6 ments. 

7 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

8 (1) APPLICABLE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘appli9 cable program’’ has the meaning given that term in 

10 section 400(c)(1) of the General Education Provi11 sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221(c)(1)). 

12 (2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 

13 school’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings 

14 given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary 

15 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

16 7801). 

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