Protect Economic Freedom Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10257 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10257

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution 
that participates in a nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel from 
            being eligible for certain funds under that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 26, 2024

  Ms. Foxx (for herself and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution 
that participates in a nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel from 
            being eligible for certain funds under that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Economic Freedom Act''.

SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION PARTICIPATING 
              IN A NONEXPRESSIVE COMMERCIAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL.

    (a) Ineligibility.--Part B of title I of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 124. INELIGIBILITY OF INSTITUTIONS PARTICIPATING IN A 
              NONEXPRESSIVE COMMERCIAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than July 31 of each year, an 
institution of higher education that participates in any program under 
title IV shall certify to the Secretary that the institution will not 
engage in a nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel for the period 
beginning on the date of such certification and ending on July 31 of 
the following year.
    ``(b) Public Availability of List; Notification.--Not later than 7 
business days after July 31 of each year, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) identify and make publicly available on a website of 
        the Department a list of all institutions of higher education 
        described in subsection (a) that did not submit a certification 
        under such subsection for such year; and
            ``(2) notify each institution of higher education 
        identified pursuant to paragraph (1) of such identification and 
        inclusion on such list.
    ``(c) Nonexpressive Commercial Boycott of Israel Defined.--In this 
section, the term `nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel'--
            ``(1) means a commercial action (including engaging in 
        refusals to deal and terminating business activities) that is 
        intended to limit commercial relations with Israel or persons 
        or entities doing business in Israel or in Israeli-controlled 
        territories; and
            ``(2) does not include actions described in regulations 
        issued to provide for the exceptions described in section 
        1773(a)(2) of the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
        4842(a)(2)).''.
    (b) Program Participation Agreement.--Section 487(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
            ``(30) The institution will comply with the requirement of 
        section 124.''.
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