IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 798 
Condemning the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organiza-
tions at institutions of higher education, which may lead to the creation 
of a hostile environment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 19, 2023 
Mr. OWENS (for himself, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. BANKS, Mr. BEAN 
of Florida, Ms. BOEBERT, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. BURLISON, Mrs. 
CAMMACK, Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. 
COMER, Mr. CURTIS, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. DIAZ- 
BALART, Mr. DUNCAN, Ms. FOXX, Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. 
FRY, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. GOOD of Vir-
ginia, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. LAWLER, Ms. LETLOW, Mrs. 
MCCLAIN, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. MILLS, Mr. MOLINARO, Mr. 
MOOLENAAR, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. MOORE of Utah, Mr. 
RESCHENTHALER, Mr. ROSE, Mr. SMUCKER, Mrs. STEEL, Ms. 
STEFANIK, Mr. THOMPSON
of Pennsylvania, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. 
TIMMONS, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Mr. YAKYM, Mr. STEIL, Mr. GROTHMAN, and Mr. JAMES) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other 
terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education, 
which may lead to the creation of a hostile environment 
for Jewish students, faculty, and staff. 
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•HRES 798 IH 
Whereas both Hamas and Hezbollah are recognized by the 
United States Department of State as Foreign Terrorist 
Organizations; 
Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a surprise at-
tack to deliberately target Israeli civilians, including the 
killing and abduction of men, women, children, and the 
elderly; 
Whereas Hamas’ stated goal is the entire destruction of the 
State of Israel and the murder of its Jewish citizens; 
Whereas a disturbing number of student organizations at in-
stitutions of higher education placed blame solely upon 
the State of Israel for the attack and expressed support 
for the terrorist actions of Hamas through the glorifi-
cation of violence and the usage of antisemitic rhetoric; 
Whereas many administrations of institutions of higher edu-
cation do not follow the practice of institutional neu-
trality and frequently speak out on public issues, but 
have failed to speak out clearly after the October 7 at-
tack by Hamas, and have exposed their lack of regard for 
their Jewish and pro-Israel students; 
Whereas the glorification of violence and usage of antisemitic 
rhetoric creates a hostile learning and working environ-
ment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, 
and other terrorist organizations at institutions of 
higher education, which may lead to the creation of 
a hostile environment for Jewish students, faculty, 
and staff; and 
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•HRES 798 IH 
(2) urges the Secretary of Education to direct 
the Office for Civil Rights to investigate and, where 
appropriate, take action immediately. 
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