{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-1049","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 1049","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child's public school, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child's public school, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child’s public school, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-02-06","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-12-04","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h314","question":"On Passage","title":"TRACE Act","result":"Passed","yea":247,"nay":166,"present":0,"not_voting":20,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll314.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.","date":"2025-12-04"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-02-06","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires each local educational agency (LEA), as a condition of receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds, to ensure that each elementary and secondary school served by the LEA notifies parents of their rights to request and receive information regarding foreign influence (e.g., influence by China) in schools."},{"k":"p","t":"These rights include the right to"},{"k":"li","t":"review (and make copies of at no cost) any curricular or professional development material used at the school that was obtained using funds received from a foreign government or a foreign entity of concern;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"know, by written response, how many school personnel are compensated using funds received from a foreign government or a foreign entity of concern; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"know, by written response, information about funding from or agreements (e.g., contracts) with a foreign country or a foreign entity of concern.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"Parents must submit a written request for this information."},{"k":"p","t":"Each school must post on a publicly accessible website (or otherwise widely disseminate to the public) a summary notice of parental rights under the bill."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill requires the Department of Education to notify state educational agencies (SEAs) about the bill's requirements. Each SEA must, as a condition of receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds, notify LEAs about the bill's requirements."}],"words":216},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies receiving funds under that Act to give parents rights to information about funds, materials, agreements and donations connected to foreign countries and foreign entities of concern.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1049/text/eh#H47071BF9C9D54B9197BE01DAAB7D03BB"}]},"core_areas":["Parental access to information on foreign-funded school materials, personnel, donations, agreements and transactions"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires local educational agencies, as a condition of receiving funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, to ensure each elementary and secondary school they serve gives parents the rights set out in the new section.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1049/text/eh#H47071BF9C9D54B9197BE01DAAB7D03BB"}},{"text":"Gives parents the right to review and copy free of cost, consistent with copyright law, curricular and professional development material purchased or obtained with funds from a foreign government or foreign entity of concern.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1049/text/eh#H47071BF9C9D54B9197BE01DAAB7D03BB"}},{"text":"Gives parents the right to a written response, within 30 days of a written request, stating how many school personnel are paid in whole or in part with funds from a foreign government or foreign entity of concern.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1049/text/eh#H47071BF9C9D54B9197BE01DAAB7D03BB"}},{"text":"Gives parents the right to a written response, within 30 days of a written request, about donations, written agreements and financial transactions between the school or agency and a foreign country or foreign entity of concern.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1049/text/eh#H47071BF9C9D54B9197BE01DAAB7D03BB"}},{"text":"Requires each school to post a summary notice of these parental rights at the start of each school year on its website, or to disseminate it widely to the public if it has no website.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1049/text/eh#H47071BF9C9D54B9197BE01DAAB7D03BB"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to notify State educational agencies of the requirements each school year, and requires State educational agencies, as a condition of funds, to notify local educational agencies.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1049/text/eh#H47071BF9C9D54B9197BE01DAAB7D03BB"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-12-04","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1049/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-12","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1049","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1049/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-1049.png","v":"d012a51f02a2","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1049, 119th Congress: Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act. House: 247 Yea, 166 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 4 Dec 2025."}}