The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
HR 1049 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Aaron Bean (R)

Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act

Requires schools to tell parents about foreign funding and influence in curricula.

Tradeoff

Schools must disclose foreign government funding and agreements to parents on request. No offsetting cost or revenue provision.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs the Department of Education less than $500,000 over the 2025-2030 period.

The $500,000 is just the federal cost to administer the disclosure requirement — the policy's real impact is on local education agencies, which must track and provide information about foreign government funding or agreements to parents upon request.

H.R. 1049, TRACE Act · Feb 2025

The House passed this 247-166 on December 4, 2025 — now in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Feb 6, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Education and Workforce(Feb 6, 2025)

  3. House

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

    Reported 20 - 13(Feb 12, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-13.

  4. Senate

    Received from the House

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

  5. House

    Passage of the bill

    TRACE Act

    Passed(Roll #314 · Dec 4, 2025)

    247 yeanay 166

Passage votes so far· Dec 4, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027