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Union Calendar No. 7 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1049 
[Report No. 119–13] 
To ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child’s public 
school, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2025 
Mr. BEAN of Florida (for himself and Mr. MACKENZIE) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Work-
force 
MARCH 5, 2025 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BARR and Mrs. HOUCHIN 
MARCH 5, 2025 
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 6, 2025] 
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A BILL 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency in Re-
porting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act’’ or 
the ‘‘TRACE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PARENTS’ RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT FOREIGN INFLU-
ENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 8549D. PARENTS’ RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT FOREIGN 
INFLUENCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving funds 
under this Act, a local educational agency shall ensure that 
each elementary school and each secondary school served by 
such agency provides to each parent of a child attending 
the school, at a minimum— 
‘‘(1) the right (in a manner consistent with 
copyright law) to review, and make copies of free of 
cost, at least every four weeks and not later than 30 
days after submission of a written request by the par-
ent, any curricular material or professional develop-
ment material used at the school that was purchased, 
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‘‘(b) DONATIONS, AGREEMENTS, 
AND
FINANCIAL 
TRANSACTIONS.—The information described in subsection 
(a)(3) shall include, at minimum, the following: 
‘‘(1) The name of the foreign country or foreign 
entity of concern. 
‘‘(2) In any case in which funds were received by 
the school or local educational agency from a foreign 
country or a foreign entity of concern— 
‘‘(A) the amount of such funds; and 
‘‘(B) any terms or conditions applicable to 
the receipt of such funds. 
‘‘(c) NOTICE OF RIGHTS.—At the beginning of each 
school year, a local educational agency receiving funds 
under this Act shall ensure that each elementary school and 
each secondary school served by such agency posts on a pub-
licly accessible website of the school or, if the school does 
not operate a website, widely disseminates to the public, a 
summary notice of the rights of parents described in sub-
sections (a) and (b). 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—At the begin-
ning of each school year, the Secretary shall notify State 
educational agencies about the requirements of this section. 
As a condition of receiving funds under this Act, State edu-
cational agencies shall, at the beginning of each school year, 
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notify local educational agencies of the requirements of this 
section. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘foreign country’ means a foreign 
country or a dependent territory or possession of a 
foreign country. Such term does not include any of 
the outlying areas. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘foreign entity of concern’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 10612(a) of the 
Research and Development, Competition, and Innova-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 19221(a)).’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 8549C the following: 
‘‘Sec. 8549D. Parents’ right to know about foreign influence.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 7 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1049 
[Report No. 119–13] 
A BILL 
To ensure that parents are aware of foreign influ-
ence in their child’s public school, and for other 
purposes. 
MARCH 5, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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