House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

Crucial Communism Teaching Act

H.R. 5349Introduced Sep 5, 2023Policy area: Education

Where it went

IntroducedSep 5, 2023
Committee actionSep 14, 2023
Passed HouseDec 6, 2024 · 327–62
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 9, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5349.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5349, Crucial Communism Teaching Act” on September 22, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on September 14, 2023”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2023 ↗
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September 22, 2023
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5349, 118th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-255 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on October 25, 2023.
Source: Congress.gov, reported October 25, 2023 ↗
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H.R. 5349, 118th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SALAZAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 142, September 5, 2023, Page H4223):
Article I Section 8 Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: Education
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 5, 2023 ↗
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H.R. 5349, 118th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

33 cosponsors — 33 Republicans

0 of 33 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Michael Guest (R-MS), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Lisa McClain (R-MI), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Burgess Owens (R-UT), John Rutherford (R-FL), Keith Self (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Michelle Steel (R-CA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and 3 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maria Salazar.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-27 district

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