Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act
Passed HouseEducation
IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
Passed HouseDec 3, 2025
Passed SenateNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet
Where it stands
Passed House. Latest step, Dec 4, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The House passed it 242–176.All 4 of Iowa's representatives voted yes in the House. It would change 0 sections of existing law and would add 1 new provisions of its own.
How this bill changes the law
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H.R. 1005 doesn't change any existing section of law. It would create 1 new provision of its own. Read from the bill text as sent to the Senate (Dec 4, 2025).
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H.R. 1005Bill
Sec. 2Disclosure of foreign funding and contractsnew law
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Sec. 2 Disclosure of foreign funding and contracts
What the words would change: every change, in place (0)
Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.
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What it does
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Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act or the CLASS Act
This bill prohibits public elementary and secondary schools, as a condition of receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds, from accepting funds from or entering into a contract with the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or any individual or entity acting on behalf of the Chinese government or the CCP. The bill also requires schools to disclose funding from or contracts with a foreign source to the Department of Education.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 5, 2025).
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What has happened
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Dec 3, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 242 - 176 (Roll no. 312). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H5005-5006) Roll call recordLibrary of Congress
Mar 5, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-12.Library of Congress