House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Promoting American Patriotism In Our Schools Act
Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and the display of the American Flag in certain federally funded elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
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Latest action: Feb 13, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1351.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STRONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H712):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1351, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1351
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
19 cosponsors — 19 Republicans
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Alford (R-MO), Brian Babin (R-TX), Troy Downing (R-MT), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Michael Guest (R-MS), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Mike Rogers (R-AL), John Rose (R-TN), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dale Strong.
- H.R. 8770 (119th) SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026
- H.R. 9394 (119th) Civil Preparedness for Agroterrorism Exercise Act of 2026
- H.R. 708 (119th) SHIELD Against CCP Act
- H.R. 901 (119th) Research Security and Accountability in DHS Act
- H.R. 706 (119th) DHS Biodetection Improvement Act
- H.R. 3312 (119th) SERVICE Act of 2025
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.