S. 2516

Summary

S. 2516, the TEACH Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jul 29, 2025 by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R). It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Jul 29, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

S. 2516 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 S2516 IS: Terminating Education Association Congressional Handouts Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-07-29
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  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 2516
  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
  A BILL
To prohibit the National Education Association from engaging in lobbying
  activities.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Terminating Education Association Congressional Handouts Act   or the   TEACH Act  .
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:
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.
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(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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Tracker

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A bill to prohibit the National Education Association from engaging in lobbying activities.

Sponsors

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R) sponsors S. 2516 alone.

Marsha Blackburn

Sen. · R–TN · Sponsor

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Committees

S. 2516 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Jul 29, 2025

Actions

S. 2516 has taken 2 actions since Jul 29, 2025.

Votes

S. 2516 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 2516 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• TEACH Act — Display Title
• TEACH Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Terminating Education Association Congressional Handouts Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to prohibit the National Education Association from engaging in lobbying activities. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 10 registered lobbyists who named S. 2516 in 1 quarterly filing, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Education, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 2516 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2516’s is Government Operations and Politics.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com