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Say No to Indoctrination Act

H. R. 2617 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prevent the use of funds under such Act to teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology, and for other purposes.

Introduced Apr 3, 2025

Latest action (Jan 13, 2026) Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 378.

Referred to
Education and Workforce Committee
Policy area
Education
Issues
Education
Legislative subjects (2)
Elementary and secondary educationSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary

This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to add a new restriction on the use of federal education funds under that Act. The bill prohibits schools from using these funds to teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology, as defined in Executive Order 14168. The amendment adds this prohibition to the existing list of prohibited uses of ESEA funds.

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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Actions (6)
  1. Jan 13, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 378. · house
  2. Jan 13, 2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-442. · house
  3. Apr 9, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 12. · house
  4. Apr 9, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  5. Apr 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
  6. Apr 3, 2025 Introduced in House

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  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
  • S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 5304 — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 1810 — Safe Schools Improvement Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 1557 — Stop Sexual Harassment in K–12 Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 1111 — Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2025 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 369 — States’ Education Reclamation Act of 2025 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 1 subject)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 2251 — Say No to Indoctrination Act · Introduced Jul 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 83%
  • HR 927 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of higher education from requiring ideological oaths or similar statements, and for other purposes. · Introduced Feb 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 1351 — Promoting American Patriotism In Our Schools Act · Introduced Feb 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 2778 — Safeguarding American Education From Foreign Control Act · Introduced Apr 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • HR 3282 — Preventing Antisemitic Harassment on Campus Act of 2025 · Introduced May 8, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • HR 7661 — Stop the Sexualization of Children Act · Introduced Jul 2, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%

Text versions (2)
  • Reported in House · Jan 13, 2026
  • Introduced in House · Apr 3, 2025

Committee action

What happened to this bill in committee — the meetings where it was considered and every recorded vote taken on it.

Meetings where this bill was on the agenda

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 3, 2025

Mr. Owens (for himself and Mr. McGuire) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

January 13, 2026

Additional sponsors: Mr. Yakym, Mr. Steube, and Mr. Finstad

January 13, 2026

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 3, 2025]

A BILL

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prevent the use of funds under such Act to teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Say No to Indoctrination Act”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF ESEA FUNDS TO TEACH GENDER IDEOLOGY.

Section 8526 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7906) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (6), by striking “or”;

(2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and

(3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:

“(7) to teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology, as defined in section 2 of Executive Order 14168 (90 Fed. Reg. 8615; relating to defending women from gender ideology extremism and restoring biological truth to the Federal Government); or”. Union Calendar No. 378

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 2617

[Report No. 119-442]

A BILL

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prevent the use of funds under such Act to teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology, and for other purposes.

January 13, 2026

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

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