H.R. 2617, Say No to Indoctrination Act

April 21, 2025

Cost Estimate

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on April 9, 2025

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H.R. 2617, Say No to Indoctrination Act As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on April 9, 2025
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars						2025		2025-2030		2025-2035
Direct Spending (Outlays)						0		0		0
Revenues						0		0		0
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit						0		0		0
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)						*		*		not estimated
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2036?				No		Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?				No
				No		Mandate Effects
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2036?				No		Contains intergovernmental mandate?				No
				No		Contains private-sector mandate?				No
* = between zero and $500,000.

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Legislative Information

H.R. 2617 would prohibit schools from using funds authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology as defined in Executive Order 14168, published in January 2025.[1]

CBO expects schools to comply with the requirements in H.R. 2617 and that any federal funds that would have been used for that purpose under current law would be used for other purposes.

Based on the cost of implementing similar prohibitions, CBO estimates that the costs to the Department of Education to implement H.R. 2617 would be insignificant; any related spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Garrett Quenneville. The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.

Phillip L. Swagel Director, Congressional Budget Office

Phillip L. Swagel

Director, Congressional Budget Office

1.Executive Order 14168, “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” Presidential Document, 90 Fed. Reg. 8615 (January 20, 2025) https://tinyurl.com/yjdsy7bn.