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PROTECT Our Kids Act

119th CongressIntroduced February 6, 2025Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]· OK-01
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
December 4, 2025

Summary

Promoting Responsible Oversight To Eliminate Communist Teachings for Our Kids Act or the PROTECT Our Kids Act This bill prohibits federal education funding for any elementary or secondary school that

Committees

  • PrimaryHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
  • AlsoEducation and Workforce Committee

CRS subjects

AsiaChinaCultural exchanges and relations

Action history

  1. February 6, 2025Introduced in House
  2. February 6, 2025Introduced in House
  3. February 6, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  4. February 12, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. February 12, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 13.
  6. March 5, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-14.
  7. March 5, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-14.
  8. March 5, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 8.
  9. December 1, 2025Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 916 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965 and H.R. 4305. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965, and H.R. 4305 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
  10. December 4, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 916. (consideration: CR H5032-5036)
  11. December 4, 2025Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965 and H.R. 4305. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965, and H.R. 4305 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
  12. December 4, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1069.
  13. December 4, 2025The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  14. December 4, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 247 - 164 (Roll no. 313). (text: CR H5032)
  15. December 4, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 247 - 164 (Roll no. 313). (text: CR H5032)
  16. December 4, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  17. December 4, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  • H.Res. 916related
    Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair competition with respect to intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1005) 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; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1049) to ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child’s public school, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1069) to prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary and secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the Government of the People’s Republic of China; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4305) to direct the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to establish a Red Tape Hotline to receive notifications of burdensome agency rules, and for other purposes.