1HOUSE · MAY 7, 2025
Passed the House
266–153PASSED
R 211–0 D 55–153
On Passage · roll 120 · 14 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
Official title: To establish Department of Homeland Security funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have a relationship with Confucius Institutes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. August Pfluger R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2025
- Committee actionApr 9, 2025
- Passed HouseMay 7, 2025 · 266–153
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 8, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 881.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 881, DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act” on April 30, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 9, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61371
- CBO publication date
- April 30, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 881, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/881
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 11, 2026
- 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. 119-87 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on May 5, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/87
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 881, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/881
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 11, 2026
- 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. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 21, January 31, 2025, Page H434):Article 1, Section 8[Staff Authorized ]Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- Statement length
- 39 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 881, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/881
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4b4662749d33d3e746175e81728d783515ae9a7f0a81483f60e158df3fec0417
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 881. 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Evans (R-CO), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), John Joyce (R-PA), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Dale Strong (R-AL).
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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.