IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1049 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 4, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in 
their child’s public school, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 
parent, any curricular material or professional devel-
opment material used at the school that was pur-
chased, or otherwise obtained, using funds received 
from the government of a foreign country or a for-
eign entity of concern; 
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‘‘(2) the right to know, by written response pro-
vided not later than 30 days after submission of a 
written request by the parent, how many personnel 
of the school are compensated, in whole or in part, 
using funds received from the government of a for-
eign country or a foreign entity of concern; and 
‘‘(3) the right to know, by written response pro-
vided not later than 30 days after submission of a 
written request by the parent, of— 
‘‘(A) any donation received by the school 
or local educational agency from a foreign coun-
try or a foreign entity of concern; 
‘‘(B) any agreement in writing (such as a 
contract or memorandum of understanding) be-
tween the school or local educational agency 
and a foreign country or a foreign entity of con-
cern; and 
‘‘(C) any financial transaction between the 
school or local educational agency and a foreign 
country or a foreign entity of concern. 
‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(2) In any case in which funds were received 
by the school or local educational agency from a for-
eign 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 publicly 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 de-
scribed in subsections (a) and (b). 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—At the be-
ginning 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 educational agencies shall, at the beginning of each 
school year, notify local educational agencies of the re-
quirements of this section. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘foreign country’ means a for-
eign country or a dependent territory or possession 
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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 
Innovation 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.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 4, 
2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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