I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2367 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution 
of higher education that employs unauthorized aliens from receiving 
funds from Federal student assistance or Federal institutional aid and 
to require institutions of higher education to participate in the E-Verify 
Program in order to be eligible to participate in any program authorized 
under title IV of such Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2025 
Mrs. HOUCHIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and 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 amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit 
an institution of higher education that employs unauthor-
ized aliens from receiving funds from Federal student 
assistance or Federal institutional aid and to require 
institutions of higher education to participate in the E- 
Verify Program in order to be eligible to participate 
in any program authorized under title IV of such Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘College Employment 
Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY DUE TO EMPLOYMENT OF UNAU-
THORIZED ALIENS. 
Part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 124. INELIGIBILITY DUE TO EMPLOYMENT OF UNAU-
THORIZED ALIENS. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no in-
stitution of higher education shall be eligible to receive 
funds from Federal student assistance or Federal institu-
tional aid under this Act if the institution is found to be 
in violation of section 274A of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a).’’. 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE E-VERIFY 
PROGRAM. 
Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(30) The institution will participate in the E- 
Verify Program under section 403(a) of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note).’’. 
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SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MONI-
TORING AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) MONITORING.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall monitor every 6 months whether an institution 
of higher education is participating in the E-Verify Pro-
gram under section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re-
form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note). 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall notify the Secretary of Education, not later 
than 10 days after the Secretary of Homeland Security 
finds— 
(1) an institution of higher education to be in 
violation of section 274A of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a); or 
(2) that an institution of higher education is 
not participating in the E-Verify Program under 
section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note). 
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