H.R. 1069 · 119th Congress · Education
PROTECT Our Kids Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Dec 4, 2025
Roll call ↗247
164
Passed the House.
Passed the House on December 4, 2025.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
- CommitteeMar 5, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 4, 2025
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 2
- 1 Republican, 1 Independent
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsHouse Committee on Education and Workforce
- Lobbying
- At least 2
- organizations named it2025 Q1 to 2026 Q1
What it does
This bill cuts off federal education funds to any elementary or secondary school that has ties to the Chinese government.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, December 4, 2025
Yea unless marked
R · House · AL-4
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
This bill cuts off federal education funds to any elementary or secondary school that has ties to the Chinese government. A school loses access to funds under any applicable federal education program if it partners with a cultural or language institute funded directly or indirectly by the Government of the People's Republic of China (including a Confucius Institute), operates a learning center it supports (a Confucius Classroom), or otherwise receives support such as teaching materials, personnel, or funds from anyone acting on China's behalf. The cutoff takes effect one year after enactment. Schools already under a contract that predates enactment and runs past the effective date can ask the Secretary for a waiver by submitting the full contract text and a statement that it benefits the school and serves U.S. interests; the Secretary may grant a waiver lasting until the contract ends. The Secretary must notify schools of these requirements within 90 days of enactment. "Applicable program," "elementary school," and "secondary school" carry their existing meanings under federal education law.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 2 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 5 quarterly reports filed by 2 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q1, 2025 Q4 and 2026 Q1. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organizations named: Fdd Action; Heritage Action for America. Listed as filed. They are every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.