Schools must report foreign money over ten thousand dollars.

What it does

Public schools that get federal money must report foreign funding. They must tell the Department of Education about contracts worth more than ten thousand dollars. Schools must report this within thirty days. They must say who gave the money and what country they are from. They must say what the money is for and any rules attached to it. The bill does not stop schools from taking foreign money.

Who it affects

Public elementary and secondary schools that receive federal money must follow this rule. Parents and citizens can learn about foreign money going to schools.

One thing to notice

The bill's title says it will ban foreign funding. The actual law only requires schools to report it.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

5 cosponsors: 5 Republicans.

• Feb 5, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Feb 5, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce”
• Feb 12, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Feb 12, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 14”
• Dec 3, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 242 - 176 (Roll no. 312).”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Dec 2025 to Dec 2025.

Those reports show $290,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 89 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.

David Joyce, who sponsored the bill, received $978,500 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Fdd Action — $290,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• federal money — Money the U.S. government gives to schools.
• foreign funding — Money that comes from another country.
• report — Tell the government about something in writing.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.