Official Summaries

Department of Education Protection Act

This bill prohibits the use of appropriated funds made available to the Department of Education (ED) to decentralize, reduce the staffing level of, or alter the responsibilities or functionality of ED compared to its organization or operation on January 1, 2025.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 433 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 433

  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.


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                    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

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                                 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.
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