# 119-hr-8705: CHARLIE Act

119-hr-8705, CHARLIE Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8705
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8705
- Congress: 119
- Title: CHARLIE Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-05-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-11-01

## Summary

**This bill would change the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to stop federal civics and history grant money from supporting what it calls** discriminatory equity ideology and gender ideology. It also forbids giving grant priority based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or immigration status.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Limits on civics grant content and priority: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would bar any funds for the American History and Civics grant subpart from being used for "discriminatory equity ideology" or "gender ideology." It would also stop the Secretary of Education from giving grant priority based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or…

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- 119-hr-9495: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027
- 119-hr-5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4016: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-8705 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8705)

## Related
- [119-hr-9495: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9495)
- [119-hr-5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5582)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4317)
- [119-hr-4016: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4016)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8705 (as of 2026-11-01).