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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Economic 

5 Freedom Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU2 CATION PARTICIPATING IN A NONEXPRES3 SIVE COMMERCIAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL. 

4 (a) INELIGIBILITY.—Part B of title I of the Higher 

5 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq.) is amend6 ed by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 124. INELIGIBILITY OF INSTITUTIONS PARTICI8 PATING IN A NONEXPRESSIVE COMMERCIAL 

9 BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL. 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 31 of each 

11 year, an institution of higher education that participates 

12 in any program under title IV shall certify to the Secretary 

13 that the institution will not engage in a nonexpressive 

14 commercial boycott of Israel for the period beginning on 

15 the date of such certification and ending on July 31 of 

16 the following year. 

17 ‘‘(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF LIST; NOTIFICA18 TION.—Not later than 7 business days after July 31 of 

19 each year, the Secretary shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) identify and make publicly available on a 

21 website of the Department a list of all institutions 

22 of higher education described in subsection (a) that 

23 did not submit a certification under such subsection 

24 for such year; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) notify each institution of higher education 

2 identified pursuant to paragraph (1) of such identi3 fication and inclusion on such list. 

4 ‘‘(c) NONEXPRESSIVE COMMERCIAL BOYCOTT OF

5 ISRAEL DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘nonexpres6 sive commercial boycott of Israel’— 

7 ‘‘(1) means a commercial action (including en8 gaging in refusals to deal and terminating business 

9 activities) that is intended to limit commercial rela10 tions with Israel or persons or entities doing busi11 ness in Israel or in Israeli-controlled territories; and 

12 ‘‘(2) does not include actions described in regu13 lations issued to provide for the exceptions described 

14 in section 1773(a)(2) of the Anti-Boycott Act of 

15 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4842(a)(2)).’’. 

16 (b) PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT.—Section 

17 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

18 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(30) The institution will comply with the re20 quirement of section 124.’’. 

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