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Union Calendar No. 473 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5567 

[Report No. 118–572] 

To prohibit elementary and secondary schools from accepting funds from 

or entering into contracts with the Government of the People’s Republic 

of China and the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 

Mr. JOYCE of Ohio (for himself, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. CASE, Mr. WILLIAMS of 

New York, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. 

D’ESPOSITO, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. CAREY, Mrs. HINSON, 

and Mrs. GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

JULY 5, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. VALADAO, Mr. BRECHEEN, and Mr. LALOTA

JULY 5, 2024 

Reported with amendments, 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 September 19, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To prohibit elementary and secondary schools from accepting 

funds from or entering into contracts with the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese 

Communist Party, 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 ‘‘Combating the Lies of 

5 Authoritarians in School Systems Act’’ or the ‘‘CLASS 

6 Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN FUNDING AND CON8 TRACTS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition on receipt of Federal 

10 financial assistance under any applicable program by a 

11 public elementary school or a public secondary school, the 

12 school, not later than 30 days after receiving funds in excess 

13 of $10,000 in the aggregate from a foreign source, or enter14 ing into one or more contracts with an aggregate value in 

15 excess of $10,000 with a foreign source, shall submit to the 

16 Secretary of Education a written disclosure that identi17 fies— 

18 (1) the name and country of origin of the foreign 

19 source; 

20 (2) in a case in which a school receives funds 

21 from a foreign source— 

22 (A) the amount of funds received from that 

23 source; and 

24 (B) any terms or conditions applicable to 

25 the receipt of such funds; and 


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1 (3) in a case in which a school enters into a con2 tract with a foreign source, the terms and conditions 

3 of such contract. 

4 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) The term ‘‘applicable program’’ has the 

6 meaning given that term in section 400 of the General 

7 Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221). 

8 (2) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec9 ondary school’’ have the meanings given those terms 

10 in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

11 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

12 (3) The term ‘‘Federal financial assistance’’ has 

13 the meaning given that term in section 7501(a)(5) of 

14 title 31, United States Code. 

15 (4) The term ‘‘foreign source’’ has the meaning 

16 given that term in section 117(h) of the Higher Edu17 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f(h)). 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to require public elementary and secondary schools to disclose certain 

funds received from, or contracts with, a foreign source, 

and for other purposes.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 473 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5567 

[Report No. 118–572] 

A BILL 

To prohibit elementary and secondary schools from 

for other purposes. China and the Chinese Communist Party, and with the Government of the People’s Republic of accepting funds from or entering into contracts 

JULY 5, 2024 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:13 Jul 05, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H5567.RH H5567

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