The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
HR 1005 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by David P. Joyce (R)

Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act

Bars schools from accepting Chinese government funds or contracts.

Tradeoff

Schools lose federal education funding if they accept money or contracts from China, the Chinese Communist Party, or their agents. Schools must disclose all foreign funding over $10,000 to the Department of Education within 30 days.

What's in it

See official bill text

Less than $500,000 in federal implementation costs over 2025-2030.

The $500,000 is the federal cost to administer the new disclosure requirement — the policy's real burden falls on public schools, which must identify and report foreign funding and contracts above $10,000.

H.R. 1005, CLASS Act · Feb 2025

The House passed this 242-176 on December 3, 2025. The bill is now in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Feb 5, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Education and Workforce(Feb 5, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Education and Workforce voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 20 - 14(Feb 12, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-12.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    CLASS Act

    Passed(Roll #312 · Dec 3, 2025)

    242 yeanay 176

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions(Dec 4, 2025)

Passage votes so far· Dec 3, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027