College Antisemitism Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8389 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8389

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of 
higher education to report to the Secretary of Education each incident 
of antisemitism reported to campus security authorities or local police 
                               agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2024

Mr. Molinaro (for himself and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
   Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of 
higher education to report to the Secretary of Education each incident 
of antisemitism reported to campus security authorities or local police 
                               agencies.

    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 ``College Antisemitism Transparency 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO REPORT INCIDENTS 
              OF ANTISEMITISM REPORTED TO CAMPUS SECURITIES OR LOCAL 
              POLICE AGENCIES.

    Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1092(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(F)--
                    (A) in clause (i)--
                            (i) in subclause (VIII), by adding ``and'' 
                        after the semicolon; and
                            (ii) in subclause (IX), by striking ``and'' 
                        after the semicolon;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' after the 
                semicolon;
                    (C) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the 
                end and adding ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) of each incident of antisemitism 
                        reported to campus security authorities or 
                        local police agencies.'';
            (2) in paragraph (6)(A), by adding at the end the 
        following:
            ``(vi) The term `antisemitism'--
                    ``(I) means a certain perception of Jews, which may 
                be expressed as hatred toward Jews; and
                    ``(II) includes rhetorical and physical 
                manifestations of such perceptions that are directed 
                toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals or their 
                property, toward Jewish community institutions, or 
                toward Jewish religious facilities.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(19) Each institution described in paragraph (1) shall 
        report the incidents of antisemitism described in clause (iv) 
        of paragraph (1)(F) to the Secretary, and include in such 
        report the response of, and the remedy undertaken by, such 
        institution with respect to such incidents.''.

SEC. 3. REQUIRING FEDERAL GRANT BENEFICIARIES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A 
              VIOLATION OF UNITED STATES LAW RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION 
              WILL RESULT IN LOSING ALL FEDERAL FUNDING.

    In the case of a Federal grant entered into on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the recipient of such a grant shall, during 
the duration of the grant term, sign an annual statement acknowledging 
that any intentional violation by the recipient of a Federal law 
relating to discrimination shall result in a loss of all Federal 
funding.
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