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H.R. 5349: Crucial Communism Teaching Act

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H.R. 5349: Crucial Communism Teaching Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-09-05 · Education · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-09-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 492 (2024): On Passage, HR5349 (2024-12-06), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Crucial Communism Teaching Act

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Crucial Communism Teaching Act

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr5349.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] · 33 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5349, Crucial Communism Teaching Act (2023-09-22)

Cosponsors on this site

Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Lisa C. McClain (R-MI), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Keith Self (R-TX), Michael Guest (R-MS), Burgess Owens (R-UT), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Richard Hudson (R-NC)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] reported raising $2.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

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Record fed-us-cong118-hr5349 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118