Turning Untrusted Tutoring Origins Away from Resources Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
Introduced
Summary
Would expand a DoD ban on contracts with foreign-owned online tutoring services tied to certain adversary countries. It would broaden an existing prohibition from just China to a defined "country of concern" covering China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
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- Military families and students: Families who use DoD-funded online tutoring could see more vendors become ineligible when services are foreign-owned and linked to the four named countries.
- Online tutoring companies: Foreign-owned tutoring services tied to China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea would be barred from DoD contracts, limiting sales to the department.
- DoD contracting offices: Procurement officials would apply the expanded "country of concern" definition when awarding or renewing tutoring contracts, extending existing screening beyond China to three additional nations.
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Limits on foreign-owned tutors for military families
If enacted, the Department of Defense would not be able to hire online tutoring services tied to China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea. The bill would expand an existing China-only limit to cover these four countries. Military members and their families could lose access to any affected tutoring providers. DoD would need to use other tutoring companies not linked to those countries.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
MO • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
MO • R
Sponsored 6/13/2025
Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
IA • R
Sponsored 9/26/2025
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