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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8332 

To prohibit student loan forgiveness for certain students, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 8, 2024 

Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 

Committee on the Judiciary, 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 

A BILL 

To prohibit student loan forgiveness for certain students, 

and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘No Student Loan For5 giveness for Antisemitic Criminals Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Antisemitism is on the rise in the United 

2 States and is impacting Jewish students in K–12 

3 schools, colleges, and universities. 

4 (2) Jewish and Israeli students have faced 

5 physical violence, hate-filled disruptions in the class6 room and on campus, calls from students and fac7 ulty advocating for the elimination and destruction 

8 of Israel, and other forms of persistent harassment. 

9 (3) Antisemitic protests have taken over college 

10 campuses in the United States. 

11 (4) University administrations have failed to 

12 address these acts of antisemitism and stop the 

13 spread of these pro-terrorist, antisemitic protests. 

14 (5) Violent campus protestors should not be 

15 bailed out by irresponsible student loan forgiveness. 

16 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con17 gress that— 

18 (1) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 

19 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), prohibits discrimination on 

20 the basis of race, color, and national origin in pro21 grams and activities receiving Federal financial as22 sistance; 

23 (2) while such title does not cover discrimina24 tion based solely on religion, individuals who face 

25 discrimination based on actual or perceived shared 


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1 ancestry or ethnic characteristics do not lose protec2 tion under such title for also being members of a 

3 group that share a common religion; 

4 (3) discrimination against Jewish people may 

5 give rise to a violation of such title when the dis6 crimination is based on race, color, or national ori7 gin, which can include discrimination based on ac8 tual or perceived shared ancestry or ethnic charac9 teristics; and 

10 (4) the Department of Education relating to 

11 ‘‘Improving Income Driven Repayment for the Wil12 liam D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and the 

13 Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program’’ 

14 (88 Fed. Reg. 43820 (July 10, 2023)), and such 

15 rule shall have no force or effect. 

16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

17 (1) ANTISEMITIC ACTIVITIES.—The term 

18 ‘‘antisemitic activities’’ means any actions or behav19 iors that discriminate against individuals or groups 

20 based on their Jewish heritage, religion, or ethnicity. 

21 (2) FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS.— 

22 The term ‘‘Federal student loan forgiveness’’ means 

23 the forgiveness of Federal student loans under 

24 President Biden’s income-driven repayment (‘‘IDR’’) 

25 forgiveness program. 


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1 (d) PROHIBITION.— 

2 (1) Any student who is arrested for engaging in 

3 antisemitic activities at universities, in communities, 

4 or anywhere within the United States shall be 

5 barred from receiving Federal student loan forgive6 ness through President Biden’s income-driven repay7 ment forgiveness program. 

8 (2) This prohibition shall apply regardless of 

9 whether the student is convicted of the charges re10 lated to antisemitic activities. 

11 (e) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

12 (1) The Secretary of Education shall establish 

13 procedures to identify students who have been ar14 rested for engaging in antisemitic activities and en15 sure their ineligibility for Federal student loan for16 giveness through the IDR program. 

17 (2) The Secretary of Education shall collabo18 rate with law enforcement agencies, educational in19 stitutions, and relevant stakeholders to effectively 

20 implement the provisions of this Act. 

21 (f) ENFORCEMENT.— 

22 (1) Any educational institution found to know23 ingly provide false information or fail to report inci24 dents of antisemitic activities by its students shall be 


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1 subject to penalties, including but not limited to 

2 fines and loss of all Federal funding. 

3 (2) The Department of Education shall conduct 

4 periodic audits to monitor compliance with the provi5 sions of this Act and take appropriate enforcement 

6 actions against non-compliant entities. 

7 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect 90 

8 days after its enactment into law. 

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