[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2516 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2516

    To prohibit the National Education Association from engaging in 
                          lobbying activities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2025

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the National Education Association from engaging in 
                          lobbying activities.

    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 ``Terminating Education Association 
Congressional Handouts Act'' or the ``TEACH Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON NEA LOBBYING.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1511 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 151109. Prohibition on lobbying
    ``(a) In General.--The corporation shall not engage in lobbying 
activities (as defined in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602)).
    ``(b) Annual Certification; Maintenance of Records.--The 
corporation shall submit an annual certification to the Secretary of 
Education containing an assurance that the corporation has not engaged 
in any such lobbying activities. The corporation shall maintain such 
records as the Secretary of Education may require to facilitate an 
effective audit of the certification.
    ``(c) Penalty.--The penalty for a violation of the prohibition 
under subsection (a) shall be termination of the status of the 
corporation as a federally chartered corporation.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 1511 of 
title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item 
relating to section 151108 the following:

``151109. Prohibition on lobbying.''.
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