# 118-hr-863: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a publishing house from knowingly furnishing sexually explicit material to a school or an educational agency, to prohibit Federal funds from being provided to a school that obtains or an educational agency that distributes sexually explicit material, and for other purposes.

118-hr-863, To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a publishing house from knowingly furnishing sexually explicit material to a school or an educational agency, to prohibit Federal funds from being provided to a school that obtains or an educational agency that distributes sexually explicit material, and for other purposes., is a 118th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7] (R-FL); status Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 118-hr-863
- Congress: 118
- Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a publishing house from knowingly furnishing sexually explicit material to a school or an educational agency, to prohibit Federal funds from being provided to a school that obtains or an educational agency that distributes sexually explicit material, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Introduced: 2023-02-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-15

## Summary

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a publishing house from knowingly furnishing sexually explicit material to a school or an educational agency, to prohibit Federal funds from being provided to a school that obtains or an educational agency that distributes sexually explicit material, and for other purposes.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. D'Esposito, Anthony [R-NY-4] (R-NY), 2023-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA), 2023-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Greene, Marjorie Taylor [R-GA-14] (R-GA), 2023-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] (R-TN), 2023-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Santos, George [R-NY-3] (R-NY), 2023-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA), 2023-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC), 2023-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] (R-FL), 2023-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] (R-IL), 2023-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] (R-CO), 2023-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [118-hr-863 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/863)

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