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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. 

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 

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. 

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 ‘‘College Antisemitism 

5 Transparency Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIRING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION 

2 TO REPORT INCIDENTS OF ANTISEMITISM 

3 REPORTED TO CAMPUS SECURITIES OR 

4 LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES. 

5 Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

6 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)(F)— 

8 (A) in clause (i)— 

9 (i) in subclause (VIII), by adding 

10 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 

11 (ii) in subclause (IX), by striking 

12 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

13 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

14 the semicolon; 

15 (C) in clause (iii), by striking the period at 

16 the end and adding ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(iv) of each incident of antisemitism 

19 reported to campus security authorities or 

20 local police agencies.’’; 

21 (2) in paragraph (6)(A), by adding at the end 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘(vi) The term ‘antisemitism’— 

24 ‘‘(I) means a certain perception of Jews, 

25 which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews; 

26 and 


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1 ‘‘(II) includes rhetorical and physical 

2 manifestations of such perceptions that are di3 rected toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals 

4 or their property, toward Jewish community in5 stitutions, or toward Jewish religious facili6 ties.’’; and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(19) Each institution described in paragraph 

9 (1) shall report the incidents of antisemitism de10 scribed in clause (iv) of paragraph (1)(F) to the Sec11 retary, and include in such report the response of, 

12 and the remedy undertaken by, such institution with 

13 respect to such incidents.’’. 

14 SEC. 3. REQUIRING FEDERAL GRANT BENEFICIARIES TO 

15 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A VIOLATION OF 

16 UNITED STATES LAW RELATING TO DIS17 CRIMINATION WILL RESULT IN LOSING ALL 

18 FEDERAL FUNDING. 

19 In the case of a Federal grant entered into on or after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, the recipient of such 

21 a grant shall, during the duration of the grant term, sign 

22 an annual statement acknowledging that any intentional 

23 violation by the recipient of a Federal law relating to dis24 crimination shall result in a loss of all Federal funding. 

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