I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10257 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution 
that participates in a nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel from 
being eligible for certain funds under that Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 26, 2024 
Ms. FOXX (for herself and Mr. GOTTHEIMER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit 
an institution that participates in a nonexpressive com-
mercial boycott of Israel from being eligible for certain 
funds under that Act. 
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 ‘‘Protect Economic 
Freedom Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION PARTICIPATING IN A NONEXPRES-
SIVE COMMERCIAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL. 
(a) INELIGIBILITY.—Part B of title I of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 
124. 
INELIGIBILITY 
OF 
INSTITUTIONS 
PARTICI-
PATING IN A NONEXPRESSIVE COMMERCIAL 
BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 31 of each 
year, an institution of higher education that participates 
in any program under title IV shall certify to the Secretary 
that the institution will not engage in a nonexpressive 
commercial boycott of Israel for the period beginning on 
the date of such certification and ending on July 31 of 
the following year. 
‘‘(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
OF LIST; NOTIFICA-
TION.—Not later than 7 business days after July 31 of 
each year, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) identify and make publicly available on a 
website of the Department a list of all institutions 
of higher education described in subsection (a) that 
did not submit a certification under such subsection 
for such year; and 
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‘‘(2) notify each institution of higher education 
identified pursuant to paragraph (1) of such identi-
fication and inclusion on such list. 
‘‘(c) NONEXPRESSIVE COMMERCIAL BOYCOTT
OF 
ISRAEL DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘nonexpres-
sive commercial boycott of Israel’— 
‘‘(1) means a commercial action (including en-
gaging in refusals to deal and terminating business 
activities) that is intended to limit commercial rela-
tions with Israel or persons or entities doing busi-
ness in Israel or in Israeli-controlled territories; and 
‘‘(2) does not include actions described in regu-
lations issued to provide for the exceptions described 
in section 1773(a)(2) of the Anti-Boycott Act of 
2018 (50 U.S.C. 4842(a)(2)).’’. 
(b) PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT.—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 comply with the re-
quirement of section 124.’’. 
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