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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 re-
ferred 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 Govern-
ment of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese 
Communist Party, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Combating the Lies of 
Authoritarians in School Systems Act’’ or the ‘‘CLASS 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN FUNDING AND CON-
TRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition on receipt of Federal 
financial assistance under any applicable program by a 
public elementary school or a public secondary school, the 
school, not later than 30 days after receiving funds in excess 
of $10,000 in the aggregate from a foreign source, or enter-
ing into one or more contracts with an aggregate value in 
excess of $10,000 with a foreign source, shall submit to the 
Secretary of Education a written disclosure that identi-
fies— 
(1) the name and country of origin of the foreign 
source; 
(2) in a case in which a school receives funds 
from a foreign source— 
(A) the amount of funds received from that 
source; and 
(B) any terms or conditions applicable to 
the receipt of such funds; and 
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(3) in a case in which a school enters into a con-
tract with a foreign source, the terms and conditions 
of such contract. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘applicable program’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 400 of the General 
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221). 
(2) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec-
ondary school’’ have the meanings given those terms 
in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(3) The term ‘‘Federal financial assistance’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 7501(a)(5) of 
title 31, United States Code. 
(4) The term ‘‘foreign source’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 117(h) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f(h)). 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to require pub-
lic 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 
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. 
JULY 5, 2024 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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