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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4760 

To establish requirements for investigations of certain complaints of 

discrimination. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 24, 2024 

Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Ms. ERNST, Mrs. CAPITO, and Mr. GRASSLEY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To establish requirements for investigations of certain 

complaints of discrimination. 

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 ‘‘Restoring Civility on 

5 Campus Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Antisemitic incidents on college campuses in 

9 the United States surged by 700 percent after the 

10 October 7, 2023 attack in Israel. 


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1 (2) Islamophobic incidents in the United States 

2 rose by 178 percent after the October 7, 2023 at3 tack in Israel. 

4 (3) The Antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents 

5 on college campuses have received the most public 

6 attention in the United States. 

7 (4) Antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents on 

8 college campuses are often violations of title VI of 

9 the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et 

10 seq.) (referred to in this section as ‘‘title VI’’). 

11 (5) The Office for Civil Rights of the Depart12 ment of Education has received a surge in com13 plaints and investigations involving title VI following 

14 October 7, 2023. 

15 (6) Based on the history of the Office for Civil 

16 Rights handling complaints regarding title IX of the 

17 Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et 

18 seq.) (referred to in this section as ‘‘title IX’’), the 

19 Government Accountability Office recognized that 

20 the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of 

21 Education resolves compliance issues extremely slow22 ly and should establish timeliness goals. 

23 (7) The Government Accountability Office 

24 found that the Office for Civil Rights did not com25 municate with some colleges following the finding of 


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1 a title IX violation and a resolution agreement for 

2 5 years or more. 

3 (8) It is imperative that the Secretary of Edu4 cation direct the Office for Civil Rights to swiftly ad5 dress violent incidents of discrimination on college 

6 campuses that may be a violation of title VI based 

7 on shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics. 

8 (9) Compliance monitoring will be necessary to 

9 ensure that further title VI violations do not reoccur 

10 on college campuses. 

11 SEC. 3. EMERGENCY PRIORITY FOR CAMPUS INVESTIGA12 TIONS OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF 

13 SHARED ANCESTRY OR ETHNIC CHARACTER14 ISTICS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education (re16 ferred to in this Act as ‘‘the Secretary’’) shall direct the 

17 Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education 

18 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘the Office’’) to send an investi19 gator, in-person, to each covered entity that participates 

20 in a program under title IV of the Higher Education Act 

21 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) and that was the site 

22 of a covered complaint of alleged discrimination, in order 

23 to conduct an investigation of, and meet with the president 

24 or chancellor of the covered entity regarding, such com25 plaint— 


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1 (1) in the case of a complaint that was sub2 mitted before the date of enactment of this Act, not 

3 later than 30 days after such date of enactment; and 

4 (2) in the case of a complaint that is submitted 

5 on or after the date of enactment of this Act, not 

6 later than 30 days after the date the complaint is 

7 submitted. 

8 (b) REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

9 of enactment of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter 

10 until the date specified in subsection (e), the Office shall 

11 prepare and make publicly available a report that— 

12 (1) describes the number, findings, and deter13 minations of covered complaints of alleged discrimi14 nation that were investigated in accordance with this 

15 Act; 

16 (2) lists any similarities between covered com17 plaints of alleged discrimination in order to help cov18 ered entities identify potential mitigation strategies 

19 and to ensure that covered entities can operate safe20 ly; 

21 (3) indicates if any criminal charges were filed 

22 or filed and dropped in association with the covered 

23 complaint of alleged discrimination; 


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1 (4) indicates if any criminal convictions resulted 

2 from criminal charges filed in association with such 

3 covered complaint; 

4 (5) indicates if the covered entity pursued any 

5 institutional disciplinary procedures in association 

6 with such covered complaint, and the outcome of any 

7 such procedures; 

8 (6) indicates if the covered complaint involved 

9 any alleged violations of the time, place, and manner 

10 policy held by the covered entity; and 

11 (7) indicates if the covered complaint involved 

12 any alleged retaliation by the covered entity or the 

13 complainant. 

14 (c) UPDATES FOR COMPLAINANT AND COVERED EN15 TITY.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall provide an 

17 update, upon request of a complainant or covered 

18 entity and not less than every 30 days, regarding 

19 whether the status of the covered complaint is in in20 take, under investigation, in negotiation, or in reso21 lution. 

22 (2) CONTINUATION.—Before the date described 

23 in subsection (f), the Secretary shall evaluate the ef24 ficacy of the provision of updates provided under 


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1 paragraph (1) and consider extending such updates 

2 to all complaints received by the Office. 

3 (d) COVERED COMPLAINT.—For purposes of this sec4 tion, the term ‘‘covered complaint’’ means a complaint— 

5 (1) alleging discrimination in violation of title 

6 VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d 

7 et seq.) on the basis of shared ancestry or ethnic 

8 characteristics; 

9 (2) that is based on actions that occurred on or 

10 after October 7, 2023 and before the date that is 2 

11 years after the date of enactment of this Act; 

12 (3) was filed not later than 180 days after the 

13 date of the incident on which the covered complaint 

14 is based; and 

15 (4) was not dismissed based on the policies and 

16 procedures of the Office of Civil Rights case proc17 essing manual, as in effect on the date of enactment 

18 of this Act. 

19 (e) COVERED ENTITY.—In this section the term 

20 ‘‘covered entity’’ means an entity described in section 

21 606(2) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d– 

22 4a(2). 

23 (f) SUNSET.—The requirements under this section 

24 shall cease to have force or effect on the date that is 2 

25 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL 

2 RIGHTS. 

3 Beginning not later than 10 days after the date of 

4 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall require staff 

5 of the Office to report to the Office in-person, except for 

6 the purpose of conducting in-person investigations. 

7 SEC. 5. CLERY ACT COMPLIANCE AND ADDITIONAL FINES. 

8 (a) AUDIT.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education 

10 shall begin an audit to evaluate compliance with 

11 paragraph (1)(F)(ii) of section 485(f) of the Higher 

12 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) (known 

13 as the ‘‘Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security 

14 Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act’’), and spe15 cifically to ensure that each covered institution of 

16 higher education has properly disclosed the category 

17 of prejudice associated with each applicable criminal 

18 offense in accordance with such paragraph (1)(F)(ii) 

19 for the covered time period. 

20 (2) TEMPORARY INCREASE IN FINES.—The 

21 Secretary of Education shall impose a fine in the 

22 amount of $1,000,000 for an institution of higher 

23 education for each instance of noncompliance found 

24 through the audit described in paragraph (1) after 

25 a covered institution has been provided with the cov26 ered institution’s due process rights under section 


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1 487(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

2 U.S.C.1094(b)). 

3 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) COVERED INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘cov5 ered institution’’ means an institution of higher edu6 cation— 

7 (A) that participates in title IV of the 

8 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 

9 et seq.); and 

10 (B) with respect to which there is a pend11 ing complaint with the Office for Civil Rights of 

12 the Department of Education alleging discrimi13 nation in violation of title VI of the Civil Rights 

14 Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) on the 

15 basis of shared ancestry or ethnic characteris16 tics. 

17 (2) COVERED TIME PERIOD.—The term ‘‘cov18 ered time period’’ means on or after October 7, 

19 2023 and before the date that is 2 years after the 

20 date of enactment of this Act. 

21 SEC. 6. DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE REPORTING REQUIRE22 MENT. 

23 Section 487(a)(26) of the Higher Education Act of 

24 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(26)) is amended by inserting 

25 ‘‘or an offense in connection with an alleged violation of 


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1 title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964’’ after ‘‘nonforcible 

2 sex offense’’. 

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