June 13, 2025
Mr. Bell (for himself and Mr. Graves) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
To prohibit Department of Defense contracts with certain foreign-owned online tutoring services.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Turning Untrusted Tutoring Origins Away from Resources Act of 2025
or the TUTOR Act of 2025
.
Sec. 2. Prohibition on Department of Defense contracts with certain foreign-owned online tutoring services
Section 854 of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118–159; 10 U.S.C. 4651 note prec.) is amended—
(1)
by striking The Secretary
and inserting (a) In general.—The Secretary
;
(2)
by striking the People’s Republic of China
and inserting a country of concern
; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
(b) Country of concern defined
In this section, the term
country of concernmeans any of the following:(1)
China.
(2)
Russia.
(3)
Iran.
(4)
North Korea.