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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7492 
To prohibit the Department of Education from punishing States, local edu-
cational agencies, or elementary schools for failure to implement or 
carry out certain Federal policies relating to sex education in elementary 
schools, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 11, 2022 
Mr. GOODEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
ELLZEY, Mr. GOHMERT, and Mr. DUNCAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in 
addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Department of Education from punishing 
States, local educational agencies, or elementary schools 
for failure to implement or carry out certain Federal 
policies relating to sex education in elementary schools, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Protecting Innocence 
in Education Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FEDERALLY MANDATED SEX EDU-
CATION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
(a) PROHIBITION
OF CERTAIN ACTIONS
BY SEC-
RETARY OF EDUCATION.—The Secretary of Education 
may not— 
(1) require States, local educational agencies, or 
elementary schools to implement Federal rec-
ommendations, requirements, rules, regulations, 
guidance, or other programs relating to sex edu-
cation in elementary schools; or 
(2) punish a State, local educational agency, or 
elementary school, including by withholding Federal 
funds or levying fines under title IX of the Edu-
cation Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et 
seq.) or any other Federal law, for failure to imple-
ment or carry out Federal recommendations, re-
quirements, rules, regulations, guidance, or other 
programs relating to sex education in elementary 
schools. 
(b) PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ACTIONS BY TASK 
FORCE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EDUCATION.—The Task 
Force on Sexual Violence in Education established under 
section 1314 of division W of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103) may not— 
(1) develop recommendations for States, local 
educational agencies, or elementary schools with re-
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spect to sex education in elementary schools under 
section 1314(a)(5) of such Act or any other Federal 
law; or 
(2) notwithstanding section 1314(a)(8) of such 
Act, assess the Department of Education’s ability 
under section 902 of the Education Amendments of 
1972 (20 U.S.C. 1682) to levy intermediate fines for 
noncompliance with title IX of the Education 
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) or 
the advisability of additional remedies for such non-
compliance, in addition to the remedies already 
available under Federal law. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act, the terms ‘‘elemen-
tary school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, and ‘‘State’’ 
have the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
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