S 1001referred119th Congress

Crucial Communism Teaching Act

Introduced Mar 12, 2025Senate billPolicy area: EducationLast action Mar 12, 2025Sponsor: John Kennedy(R-LA)

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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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What the bill does

Crucial Communism Teaching Act This bill directs the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation to develop a civic education curriculum and oral history resources for high school students to promote understanding of certain political ideologies (e.g., communism and totalitarianism) that conflict with principles of U.S. democracy.

Latest official action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Lobbying Filings

$12287.0M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Jul 22, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC

Oct 21, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC

Jan 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

Jan 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC

Feb 24, 2025trade

Jefferson Shreve sold BA

Feb 25, 2025trade

Official Congressional Actions

Mar 12, 2025IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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Mar 12, 2025IntroReferral

Introduced in Senate

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	$2241.0M	Jan 21, 2025	2024Q4	AVIBANAER
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	$1934.0M	Apr 21, 2025	2025Q1	ENVFINFOR
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

Member	Party	Ticker	Company	Trade	Date	Amount	Timing	Lobbying Client	Conflict
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.	R	BA	BOEING CO	Buy	Feb 25, 2025	$15,001 - $50,000	15d before	BOEING COMPANY	41%
Jefferson Shreve	R	BA

Conflict Summary

40 trades by 7 members of Congress in companies connected to lobbying on S 1001. The average conflict score is 37%.

Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (11 trades)Jefferson Shreve (2 trades)Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (17 trades)Thomas R. Suozzi (4 trades)Julie Johnson (3 trades)Bruce Westerman (2 trades)Tim Walberg (1 trade)

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.