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HR 2617 Advanced toward a vote

Prohibits schools from using federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds to teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology.

Official title: Say No to Indoctrination Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 03-APR-2025
Referred 03-APR-2025
Approved by committee 09-APR-2025
Reported 13-JAN-2026
On the calendar 13-JAN-2026
Key points
  • Adds a new prohibition to Section 8526 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act barring use of those funds to teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology.
  • Defines gender ideology by reference to Section 2 of Executive Order 14168, which the bill cites by its Federal Register citation.
  • Renumbers the existing paragraph (7) of Section 8526 as paragraph (8) to make room for the new prohibition.
  • Is titled the Say No to Indoctrination Act.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-APR-2025); the text has changed since (Reported in House, 13-JAN-2026).

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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Education

Sponsor Burgess Owens (R-UT) Cosponsors · 4
■ 4 R
4 Republicans
congress.gov page Reported in House (13-JAN-2026) Introduced in House (03-APR-2025)