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H. Rept. 119-13 1 (2025-03-05)

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                     119TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        1st Session    HOUSE   OF  REPRESENTATIVES           119-13







                          TRANSPARENCY IN REPORTING OF ADVERSARIAL
                                 CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION ACT



                      MARCH 5, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                                        the Union and ordered to be printed



                      Mr. WALBERG,   from  the Committee  on  Education  and Workforce,
                                           submitted  the following


                                              REPORT

                                                together with

                                             MINORITY VIEWS

                                             [To accompany H.R. 1049]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The  Committee   on Education   and Workforce,   to whom   was  re-
                     ferred the bill (H.R. 1049) to ensure that parents are aware  of for-
                     eign influence in their child's public school, and for other purposes,
                     having  considered  the  same,  reports favorably  thereon  with  an
                     amendment   and  recommends   that the bill as amended  do pass.
                       The amendment is   as follows:
                       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
                     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                     This Act may be cited as the Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contribu-
                     tions to Education Act or the TRACE Act.
                     SEC. 2. PARENTS' RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT FOREIGN INFLUENCE.
                     (a) IN GENERAL.-Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Sec-
                     ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
                     end the following:
                     SEC. 8549D. PARENTS' RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT FOREIGN INFLUENCE.
                     (a) IN GENERAL.-As a condition of receiving funds under this Act, a local edu-
                     cational agency shall ensure that each elementary school and each secondary school
                     served by such agency provides to each parent of a child attending the school, at
                     a minimum-
                          (1) the right (in a manner consistent with copyright law) to review, and
                        make copies of free of cost, at least every four weeks and not later than 30 days
                        after submission of a written request by the parent, any curricular material or
                        professional development material used at the school that was purchased, or


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