[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7661 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7661

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit 
    the use of funds provided under such Act to develop, implement, 
facilitate, host, or promote any program or activity for, or to provide 
or promote literature or other materials to, children under the age of 
  18 that includes sexually oriented material, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2026

   Mrs. Miller of Illinois (for herself, Mr. Downing, Mr. Fine, Mr. 
 Steube, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Ogles, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Moore of 
Alabama, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Ms. Letlow, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Roy, 
 Mr. Davidson, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Rose, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Self) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit 
    the use of funds provided under such Act to develop, implement, 
facilitate, host, or promote any program or activity for, or to provide 
or promote literature or other materials to, children under the age of 
  18 that includes sexually oriented material, 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 ``Stop the Sexualization of Children 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING FUNDING FOR SEXUALLY ORIENTED MATERIAL.

    Section 8526 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7906) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``No funds under this Act may be used--'' 
        and inserting the following:
    ``(a) General Prohibitions.--No funds under this Act may be used--
''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Prohibiting Funding for Sexually Oriented Material.--
            ``(1) In general.--No funds under this Act may be used to 
        develop, implement, facilitate, host, or promote any program or 
        activity for, or to provide or promote literature or other 
        materials to, children under the age of 18 that includes 
        sexually oriented material, including any program, activity, 
        literature, or material that exposes such children to nude 
        adults, individuals who are stripping, or lewd or lascivious 
        dancing.
            ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
        shall be construed to prohibit the use of funds under this Act 
        for, or otherwise limit or interfere with, teaching--
                    ``(A) standard science coursework, including 
                biology, botany, zoology, microbiology, cytology, 
                genetics, ecology, human health, or human anatomy and 
                physiology;
                    ``(B) the texts of major world religions;
                    ``(C) classic works of literature; or
                    ``(D) classic works of art.
            ``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Classic works of art.--The term `classic 
                works of art' means the works of art depicted, 
                referenced, or otherwise represented in Smarthistory 
                guide to AP Art History, volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 
                (2019-2020), published by Smarthistory.
                    ``(B) Classic works of literature.--The term 
                `classic works of literature' means the works of 
                literature (including translations of such works)--
                            ``(i) included in the Great Books of the 
                        Western World (second edition, 1990), published 
                        by Encyclopaedia Britannica;
                            ``(ii) referenced in the article `Classics 
                        Every Middle Schooler Should Read' by Thomas 
                        Purifoy, Jr. and published by Compass Classroom 
                        (as such article appeared on the date of 
                        enactment of this subsection); and
                            ``(iii) referenced in the article `Classics 
                        Every High Schooler Should Read' by Mary 
                        Pierson Purifoy and published by Compass 
                        Classroom (as such article appeared on the date 
                        of enactment of this subsection).
                    ``(C) Sexually oriented material.--The term 
                `sexually oriented material' means material that--
                            ``(i) includes any depiction, description, 
                        or simulation of sexually explicit conduct (as 
                        defined in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
                        2256(2) of title 18, United States Code); or
                            ``(ii) involves gender dysphoria or 
                        transgenderism.''.
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