(5) Valid monitoring, informed analysis and in-
vestigation, and effective policymaking all require 
uniform definitions. 
(6) While there can be no exhaustive definition 
of antisemitism, as it can take many forms, the 
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s 
working definition has been an essential definitional 
tool used to determine contemporary manifestations 
of antisemitism, and includes useful examples of dis-
criminatory anti-Israel acts that cross the line into 
antisemitism. 
(7) The International Holocaust Remembrance 
Alliance definition is used by various agencies of the 
Federal Government and the dozens of governments 
that are members of International Holocaust Re-
membrance Alliance. It is recommended for use by 
the European Council and the European Parliament, 
endorsed by the United Nations Secretary General 
and the Secretary General of the Organization of 
American States, included in policy guides prepared 
by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in 
Europe, and formally adopted by a growing number 
of European and Middle Eastern nations. 
(8) Use of this definition of antisemitism, al-
though it is not to be taken as an exhaustive defini-
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tion, will increase the awareness and understanding 
of the parameters of contemporary anti-Jewish dis-
crimination. 
SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF MATERIAL RELATED TO ANTI-
SEMITISM IN ANTI-DISCRIMINATION TRAIN-
ING. 
The head of each Federal department or agency shall 
include the definition of the term ‘‘antisemitism’’ under 
section 7 in any anti-discrimination training and education 
materials or modules made available by the department 
or agency. 
SEC. 4. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JURY. 
In any Federal criminal or civil action before a jury 
that involves antisemitism, the court shall include the defi-
nition of the term ‘‘antisemitism’’ in the instructions to 
the jury. 
SEC. 5. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION FOR COVERED CIVIL 
RIGHTS LAWS. 
In reviewing, investigating, or deciding whether there 
has been a violation of a covered civil rights law on the 
basis of race, religion, color, ethnicity, or national origin, 
based on an individual’s actual or perceived connection to 
an aspect of Jewish identity, each Federal department and 
agency conducting such review or investigation or making 
such decision shall take into consideration whether the po-
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tential violation was motivated, in whole or in part, by 
antisemitism. 
SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) GENERAL RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this Act may be construed— 
(1) to expand the authority of the head of any 
Federal department or agency to enforce or imple-
ment a covered civil rights law; 
(2) to alter the standards pursuant to which the 
head of a Federal department or agency makes a de-
termination that conduct constitutes a violation of a 
covered civil rights law; or 
(3) to diminish or infringe upon the rights pro-
tected under any other provision of law that is in ef-
fect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS.—Nothing in 
this Act may be construed to diminish or infringe upon 
any right protected under the First Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘antisemitism’’ has the meaning 
given such term by the International Holocaust Re-
membrance Alliance on May 26, 2016, and includes 
the examples of antisemitism set forth therein. 
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(2) The term ‘‘covered civil rights law’’ means 
any of the following: 
(A) Title I of the Voting Rights Act of 
1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.). 
(B) Title II, title III, title IV, title VI, or 
title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000a et seq.). 
(C) Section 1977 of the Revised Statutes 
(42 U.S. Code 1981). 
(D) The Equal Educational Opportunities 
Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. 1701–1758). 
(E) Section 249 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
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