Department of Education Protection Act
Latest action · Jan 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 15, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 132
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 15, 2025 to Feb 12, 2026; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Feb 18, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Mar 5, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Mar 5, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Mar 5, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Dave Min | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Luz M. Rivas | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Mar 26, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Mar 26, 2025 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Mar 26, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Mar 26, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Mar 26, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Mar 26, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Apr 3, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | May 7, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Jul 7, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-PR | Pablo José Hernández | Jul 22, 2025 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Dec 3, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Feb 12, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 15, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 15, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 15, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1452 | LaMonica McIver D-NJ | Apr 7, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1236–H1238 | Jahana Hayes D-CT, Joe Neguse D-CO, Virginia Foxx R-NC | Mar 25, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 8, January 15, 2025, page H186.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Department of Education Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 15, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
