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H. Rept. 119-441 1 (2026-01-13)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahyn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-441 PARENTAL RIGHTS OVER THE EDUCATION AND CARE OF THEIR KIDS ACT JANUARY 13, 2026.-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. 2616] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Education and Workforce, to whom was re- ferred the bill (H.R. 2616) to require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms, having considered the same, reports favorably there- on 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 Parental Rights Over The Education and Care of Their Kids Act or the PROTECT Kids Act. SEC. 2. PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIREMENT RELATED TO GENDER MARKERS, PRONOUNS, AND PREFERRED NAMES ON SCHOOL FORMS AND SEX-BASED ACCOMMODATIONS. (a) REQUIREMENT.-As a condition of receiving funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), a public school that re- ceives funds under such Act shall obtain parental consent before changing a covered student's- (1) gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form; or (2) sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms. (b) DEFINITIONS.-In this section: 69-006