CLASS Act

Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act or the CLASS Act

This bill requires public elementary and secondary schools, as a condition of receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds, to disclose to the Department of Education any funding from or contracts with a foreign source that exceed $10,000.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5567 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5567

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.


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                    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. 
 Gonzalez-Colon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
              the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FROM AND CONTRACTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT 
              OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE CHINESE 
              COMMUNIST PARTY.

    As a condition on receipt of Federal financial assistance under any 
applicable program by a public elementary school or public secondary 
school, the school may not accept funds from or enter into a contract 
with--
            (1) the Government of the People's Republic of China;
            (2) the Chinese Communist Party; or
            (3) any individual or entity acting directly or indirectly 
        on behalf of such Government or Party.

SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN FUNDING AND CONTRACTS.

    As a condition on receipt of Federal financial assistance under any 
applicable program by a public elementary school or public secondary 
school, the school shall, not later than 30 days after receiving funds 
or entering into a contract with a foreign source, submit to the 
Secretary of Education a written disclosure that identifies--
            (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
            (3) in a case in which a school enters into a contract with 
        a foreign source, the terms and conditions of such contract.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (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 ``secondary 
        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 Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1011f(h)).
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