1HOUSE · DEC 4, 2025
Passed the House
247–164PASSED
R 214–0 D 33–164
On Passage · roll 313 · 22 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
PROTECT Our Kids Act
Official title: To prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary and secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the Government of the People's Republic of China.
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Hern R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 4, 2025 · 247–164
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 4, 2025 — 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. 1069.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1069, PROTECT Our Kids Act” on February 20, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on February 12, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61208
- CBO publication date
- February 20, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1069, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1069
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-14 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on March 5, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/14
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1069, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1069
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HERN of Oklahoma, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 25, February 6, 2025, Page H557):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1069, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1069
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b1c9f54027f26aed60e2cb0a50553ebec9f2d18a41477bf528c7675efc701e4f
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 1069. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 independent
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Hern.
- H.Res. 42 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 43 (119th) Providing for the attendance of the House at the Inaugural Ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United States.
- H.Res. 600 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 5267 (119th) American Franchise Act
- H.R. 9468 (119th) STAR Act
- H.R. 3512 (119th) Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.