,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #e1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,joyce of ,ohio 7for himself  
and ,mr4 ,rulli7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,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 ,party1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,combating the 
,lies of ,authoritarians in ,school     
,systems ,act or the ,,class ,act4  #b4 
,prohibition on funding from and        
contracts with the ,government of the   
,people's ,republic of ,china and the   
,chinese ,communist ,party ,as a        
condition on receipt of ,federal        
financial assistance under any          
applicable program by a public          
elementary school or public secondary   

school1 the school may not accept funds 
from or enter into a contract with--    
7#a7 the ,government of the ,people's   
,republic of ,china2  7#b7 the ,chinese 
,communist ,party2 or  7#c7 any         
individual or entity acting directly or 
indirectly on behalf of such ,government
 or ,party4  #c4 ,disclosure of foreign 
funding and contracts ,as a condition on
 receipt of ,federal financial          
assistance under any applicable program 
by a public elementary school or public 
secondary school1 the school shall1 not 
later than #cj days after receiving     
funds or entering into a contract with a
 foreign source1 submit to the          
,secretary of ,education a written      
disclosure that identifies--  7#a7 the  
name and country of origin of the       
foreign source2  7#b7 in a case in which
 a school receives funds from a foreign 
source--  7,a7 the amount of funds      
received from that source2 and  7,b7 any
 terms or conditions applicable to the  
receipt of such funds2 and  7#c7 in a   

case in which a school enters into a    
contract with a foreign source1 the     
terms and conditions of such contract4  
#d4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3  7#a7   
,the term applicable program has the    
meaning given that term in section #djj 
of the ,general ,education ,provisions  
,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #abba74  7#b7 ,the  
terms elementary school and secondary   
school have the meanings given those    
terms in section #haja of the           
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja74    
7#c7 ,the term ,federal financial       
assistance has the meaning given that   
term in section #geja7;a77#e7 of title  
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#d7 ,the  
term foreign source has the meaning     
given that term in section #aag7;h7 of  
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajaa;f7h774