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Department of Education Protection Act

To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Education by previous Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity relating to implementing a reorganization of the Department, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jan 15, 2025

Latest action (Jan 15, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Referred to
Education and Workforce Committee
Policy area
Education
Issues
Education
Legislative subjects (3)
AppropriationsDepartment of EducationExecutive agency funding and structure

Summary

The Department of Education Protection Act prohibits the Department of Education from using funds provided by previous Appropriations Acts to implement any reorganization of the Department that would decentralize operations, reduce staffing levels, or alter the Department's responsibilities, structure, authority, or functionality relative to its organization as of January 1, 2025. The bill asserts Congress's fundamental role in shaping Federal agencies through oversight, funding, and structural decisions. The restriction applies to funds available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
132 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Jahana Hayes’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $71,461
  • BERKSHIRE PARTNERS LLC $14,814
  • LOEHMANN BLASIUS $13,200
  • TEENLIFE MEDIA $9,900
  • JP MORGAN CHASE $9,900

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jahana Hayes → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
  2. Jan 15, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5450 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5304 — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 369 — States’ Education Reclamation Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 191 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)

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.

  • HR 369 — States’ Education Reclamation Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 82%
  • HR 838 — A PLUS Act · Introduced Jan 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 79%
  • HR 3430 — SRO Funding Protection Act of 2025 · Introduced May 15, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HR 5253 — Protecting American Research and Talent Act · Introduced Sep 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HR 420 — Federal Grant Accountability Act · Introduced Jan 15, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HR 3345 — Sovereign States Education Restoration Act · Introduced May 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 77%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jan 15, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 15, 2025

Mrs. Hayes (for herself, Ms. Adams, Ms. Titus, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Tokuda, and Mr. Quigley) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Education by previous Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity relating to implementing a reorganization of the Department, 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 “Department of Education Protection Act”.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:

(1) Congress has a fundamental role in shaping and reshaping the Federal agency landscape, including by—

(A) providing oversight;

(B) creating, structuring, and locating offices;

(C) delegating specific or general missions, powers, duties, and functions to offices and officers;

(D) defining the parameters of personnel systems;

(E) confirming the leadership of an agency;

(F) providing funding; and

(G) evaluating whether or not an agency shall continue in existence.

(2) The current organization of the Department of Education is designed to promote student achievement and equal access to education, including through the following offices and institutes of the Department:

(A) Federal Student Aid.

(B) The Institute of Education Sciences.

(C) The Office of the Chief Information Officer.

(D) The Office of Communications and Outreach.

(E) The Office for Civil Rights.

(F) The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education.

(G) The Office of the Deputy Secretary.

(H) The Office of English Language Acquisition.

(I) The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.

(J) The Office of Finance and Operations.

(K) The Office of the General Counsel.

(L) The Office of Inspector General.

(M) The Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs.

(N) The Office of Postsecondary Education.

(O) The Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development.

(P) The Office of the Secretary.

(Q) The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

(R) The Office of the Under Secretary.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITING USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO REORGANIZE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available by previous Appropriations Acts to the Department of Education for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year may be used for any activity relating to implementing a reorganization of the Department that decentralizes, reduces the staffing level of, or alters the responsibilities, structure, authority, or functionality of the Department, relative to the organization and operation of the Department on January 1, 2025. <all>

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