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Union Calendar No. 493 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8648 
[Report No. 118–593] 
To increase the transparency of colleges and universities in carrying out 
their civil rights responsibilities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2024 
Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
JULY 18, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 7, 2024] 
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A BILL 
To increase the transparency of colleges and universities 
in carrying out their civil rights responsibilities, and for 
other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civil Rights Protection 
Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE AND TRANSPARENCY RELATED TO 
TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. 
(a) PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 487 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1094) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(30) The institution will comply with the provi-
sions of subsection (i) and provide to the Secretary an 
annual attestation of such compliance.’’. 
(2) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as 
subsections (j) and (k), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (h) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(i) COMPLIANCE AND TRANSPARENCY RELATED TO 
COMPLAINTS UNDER TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 
OF 1964.— 
‘‘(1) COMPLIANCE
AND
TRANSPARENCY.—With 
respect to complaints received by an institution re-
lated to alleged violations of title VI of the Civil 
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Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), the in-
stitution will— 
‘‘(A) have in effect, make publicly available 
(including on the website of the institution), and 
widely distribute to students and their families 
(including in student orientation materials) a 
description of the investigative processes of the 
institution related to such complaints; 
‘‘(B) include in the description of investiga-
tive processes described in subparagraph (A) at 
least the following: 
‘‘(i) The processes and factors used to 
determine whether such a complaint will be 
investigated and how the outcome of an in-
vestigation will be determined. 
‘‘(ii) A designation of at least one em-
ployee to coordinate its efforts to comply 
with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), including any in-
vestigation of any complaint alleging the 
noncompliance of the institution with re-
quirements under the Act. 
‘‘(iii) The contact information and 
necessary steps for reporting such a com-
plaint to the institution. 
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‘‘(iv) A procedure to ensure that, for 
each such complaint received by the institu-
tion, the complainant will receive from the 
institution timely notification of each of the 
following: 
‘‘(I) Confirmation of receipt of the 
complaint. 
‘‘(II) Notification of whether or 
not an investigation has been opened 
in response to the complaint. 
‘‘(III) In the case that an inves-
tigation was not opened in response to 
the complaint, an explanation of why 
an investigation was not opened in-
cluding a summary of the information 
that was used to determine that an in-
vestigation should not be opened. 
‘‘(IV) In the case that an inves-
tigation was opened— 
‘‘(aa) notification that an in-
vestigation of the complaint will 
be carried out, and that the com-
plainant will be notified of the 
outcome of the investigation; and 
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‘‘(bb) notification of the out-
come of the investigation, includ-
ing an explanation of how the 
outcome was reached, and any re-
medial actions taken in response 
to the complaint. 
‘‘(v) A system for keeping and main-
taining records of such complaints, includ-
ing the determination and reasoning for 
whether or not an investigation into a com-
plaint was opened, notifications to and 
communications with the complainant and, 
if applicable, the respondent, a record of the 
investigation (including the outcome there-
of), and a record of any remedial actions 
taken in response to the complaint. 
‘‘(vi) The contact information and nec-
essary steps for reporting a complaint re-
lated to an alleged violation of title VI of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000d et seq.) to the Office for Civil Rights 
of the Department of Education, including 
the hyperlink to the electronic complaint 
form of the Office for Civil Rights for an al-
leged violation of such title VI; and 
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‘‘(C) with respect to public awareness cam-
paign materials created and distributed by the 
Office for Civil Rights of the Department relat-
ing to protections for individuals under title VI 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d 
et seq.), display and publish such materials, as 
applicable— 
‘‘(i) not later than 30 days after such 
materials are distributed; 
‘‘(ii) for not less than 1 year or until 
new such materials are distributed, which-
ever is later; 
‘‘(iii) in high traffic, public places on 
the campus of the institution; and 
‘‘(iv) on publicly available websites of 
the institution. 
‘‘(2) ENFORCEMENT.—An institution of higher 
education that fails to comply with any provision of 
subsection (a)(30) for two consecutive award years 
shall be ineligible to participate in the programs au-
thorized by this title for a period of not less than two 
years. To regain eligibility to participate in the pro-
grams authorized by this title, an institution of high-
er education shall demonstrate compliance with para-
graph (1) prior to the completion of the period during 
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which the institution is ineligible due to failure to 
comply with such paragraph.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the first day of the first 
award year beginning after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 3. OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
ending 2 years after such date of enactment, the As-
sistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department 
of Education shall give a monthly briefing to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 
regarding discrimination on the basis of race, color, 
or national origin in violation of title VI of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), 
disaggregated by the basis of discrimination, includ-
ing shared ancestry, that— 
(A) explains the number of complaints al-
leging such discrimination that the Office for 
Civil Rights of the Department of Education (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Office’’)— 
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