(5) In the same conference, members voted in 
support of the right to an abortion, supporting ille-
gal immigration, and expanding professional develop-
ment for educators to help create student Gender 
Sexuality Alliance clubs. 
(6) According to disclosures made to the Office 
of Labor-Management Standards, from September 
2019 to August 2021, the NEA spent over 
$116,700,000 on political activities and lobbying, 
and in the 2020 election cycle, 95.7 percent of can-
didate campaign contributions by the NEA went to 
Democrat candidates. 
(7) The NEA adopted measures in July 2021 
to support critical race theory, calling it ‘‘reasonable 
and appropriate’’, and to spend $56,500 on re-
searching and shaming organizations fighting the in-
clusion of critical race theory in schools. 
(8) The NEA and other teacher unions stood in 
the way of reopening schools in 2020 and 2021 by 
threatening strikes, donating to Democrat can-
didates that backed school closures, and influencing 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guid-
ance to make it harder for schools to reopen. 
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SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATION. 
Section 151103 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 151103. Membership 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this section, eligibility for membership in the corporation 
and the rights, obligations, and designation of classes of 
members are as provided in the bylaws. 
‘‘(b) COLLECTION OF DUES FROM STATE OR LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—The corporation and its 
State and local affiliates may only accept payment of 
membership dues or fees from an employee of a State or 
local government (as such terms are defined in section 
3371 of title 5, United States Code) either directly from 
the employee or indirectly via per capita taxes or other 
fees paid by an affiliate, if— 
‘‘(1) the employee has been notified by the cor-
poration or its applicable State or local affiliate of 
their right under the First Amendment to the Con-
stitution to refrain from membership and payment 
of associated dues or fees; 
‘‘(2) the employee has clearly and affirmatively 
consented to membership and payment of associated 
dues or fees; and 
‘‘(3) the employee has authorized the trans-
mittal of their membership dues or fees to the cor-
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poration or its applicable State or local affiliate 
without the use, directly or indirectly, of payroll de-
duction. 
‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP CANCELLATION.—The corpora-
tion and its State or local affiliates shall process and honor 
membership and dues payment cancellation requests as 
soon as practicable following receipt.’’. 
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 151105 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) POWERS.—The’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The corporation shall comply 
with the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) The corporation, or a director or officer of 
the corporation as such, may not contribute to, sup-
port, or participate in any political activity or in any 
manner attempt to influence legislation. 
‘‘(2) The corporation and its State or local af-
filiates shall not— 
‘‘(A) discriminate against individuals on 
the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, 
age, or national origin; or 
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‘‘(B) establish or observe any quota based 
on race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, or 
national origin in matters concerning member-
ship, corporate governance, or personnel. 
‘‘(3) Each officer of the corporation shall be a 
United States citizen. 
‘‘(4) The corporation shall maintain its status 
as an organization exempt from taxation under the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(5) The form of government of the corporation 
must be representative of the membership at-large 
and may not permit concentration of control in a 
limited number of members or in a self-perpetuating 
group not representative of the membership at large. 
‘‘(6) The corporation is liable for any act of any 
officer or agent of the corporation acting within the 
scope of the authority of the corporation. 
‘‘(7) The corporation shall comply with the law 
governing service of process in— 
‘‘(A) the District of Columbia; 
‘‘(B) each State in which it is incor-
porated; and 
‘‘(C) each State in which it carries out ac-
tivities. 
‘‘(8) The corporation shall keep— 
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‘‘(A) correct and complete records of ac-
count; 
‘‘(B) minutes of the proceedings of mem-
bers, board of directors, and committees of the 
corporation having any of the authority of the 
board of directors of the corporation; and 
‘‘(C) at the principal office of the corpora-
tion established under section 151107 of this 
title, a record of the names and addresses of 
the members of the corporation entitled to vote 
on matters relating to the corporation. 
‘‘(9) A member entitled to vote on any matter 
relating to the corporation, or an agent or attorney 
of the member, may inspect the records of the cor-
poration for any proper purpose at any time. 
‘‘(10) The corporation shall submit to Congress 
an annual report on the activities of the corporation 
during the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(11) The Attorney General of the United 
States may bring a civil action in the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia for ap-
propriate equitable relief if the corporation— 
‘‘(A) engages or threatens to engage in any 
act, practice, or policy that is inconsistent with 
the purposes described in section 151102; or 
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‘‘(B) refuses, fails, or neglects to carry out 
its obligations under this chapter or threatens 
to do so. 
‘‘(12) On dissolution or final liquidation of the 
corporation, any assets remaining after the dis-
charge or satisfactory provision for the discharge of 
all liabilities shall be either deposited in the Treas-
ury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt 
or divided equally among employed individuals who 
are, at the time of dissolution or final liquidation, 
members of the corporation or any of its State or 
local affiliates. 
‘‘(13) No part of the compensation received for 
work performed on behalf of the corporation, or any 
of its State or local affiliates, by any officer or rep-
resentative of the corporation, or any of its State or 
local affiliates, who is an employee of a State or 
local government (as such terms are defined in sec-
tion 3371 of title 5, United States Code), may be 
derived from payments made by the State or local 
government to the corporation or its officers or rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(14) The corporation and its State or local af-
filiates shall not— 
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‘‘(A) require or encourage staff, officers, 
affiliates, or members to affirm, adopt, or ad-
here to any belief of concept that— 
‘‘(i) the United States is fundamen-
tally or irredeemably racist or sexist; 
‘‘(ii) an individual, by virtue of sex, 
race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national 
origin— 
‘‘(I) is inherently racist, sexist, or 
oppressive, whether consciously or un-
consciously; or 
‘‘(II) should be blamed for ac-
tions committed in the past by other 
members of the same sex, race, eth-
nicity, religion, color, or national ori-
gin; or 
‘‘(iii) an individual’s moral character 
is necessarily determined, in whole or in 
part, by his or her sex, race, ethnicity, reli-
gion, color, or national origin; or 
‘‘(B) advocate for or encourage any local 
educational agency, public school (including a 
public charter school), or governmental entity 
responsible for the oversight of public secondary 
or elementary schools to require students to af-
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firm, adopt or adhere to any of the beliefs or 
concepts described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(15) The corporation and its State or local af-
filiates shall not— 
‘‘(A) call, or participate in, a strike, work 
stoppage, or slowdown affecting a State or local 
government (as such terms are defined in sec-
tion 3371 of title 5, United States Code); or 
‘‘(B) condone any activity described in sub-
paragraph (A) of this paragraph by failing to 
take action to prevent or stop such activity. 
‘‘(16) The corporation and its State and local 
affiliates shall be deemed to be ‘labor organizations’ 
as such term is defined in section 3 of the Labor- 
management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 
(29 U.S.C. 402) and shall abide by all provisions of 
that chapter applicable to labor organizations.’’. 
SEC. 5. REPEAL OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROPERTY TAX 
EXEMPTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 151106 of title 36, United 
States Code, is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 1511 of title 36, United States Code, is amended 
by repealing the item relating to section 151106. 
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