I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7725 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit graduate medical 
schools from receiving Federal financial assistance if such schools adopt 
certain policies and requirements relating to diversity, equity, and inclu-
sion. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2024 
Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. WENSTRUP, Ms. 
VAN DUYNE, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. BABIN, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. JACK-
SON of Texas, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. SELF, Ms. GREENE of Georgia, Ms. 
TENNEY, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Geor-
gia, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. 
WILLIAMS of New York, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. KELLY of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. BISHOP of North 
Carolina, Mr. BENTZ, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Mrs. MILLER- 
MEEKS, Mr. HERN, and Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida) 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 
graduate medical schools from receiving Federal financial 
assistance if such schools adopt certain policies and re-
quirements relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion. 
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. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
CERTAIN GRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS. 
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. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
CERTAIN GRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no graduate medical school at an institution 
of higher education shall be eligible to receive funds or 
any other form of financial assistance under any Federal 
program, including participation in any federally funded 
or guaranteed student loan program, unless the institution 
certifies to the Secretary that the institution does not, and 
will not, do any of the following: 
‘‘(1) Direct, compel, or incentivize students, 
faculty, or staff of the medical school to personally 
state, pledge, recite, affirm, or otherwise adopt any 
of the following tenets: 
‘‘(A) That any sex, race, ethnicity, religion, 
color, or national origin makes an individual a 
member of oppressed or oppressor categories. 
‘‘(B) That individuals should be adversely 
treated on the basis of their sex, race, ethnicity, 
religion, color, or national origin. 
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‘‘(C) That individuals, by virtue of sex, 
race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national ori-
gin, are inherently responsible for actions com-
mitted in the past by other members of the 
same sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or na-
tional origin. 
‘‘(D) That America is systemically, struc-
turally, or institutionally racist, or that racism 
is weaved into the ‘ordinary business of society’, 
or that America is an oppressive nation. 
‘‘(2) Take any action that would deprive or 
tend to deprive a medical student of educational op-
portunities or otherwise adversely affect their status 
as a student, on the basis of race, color, or ethnicity, 
including— 
‘‘(A) making a distinction or classification 
of medical school students on the basis of race, 
color, or ethnicity; 
‘‘(B) establishing a privilege or benefit for 
students solely on the basis of race, color, or 
ethnicity; 
‘‘(C) providing a course of instruction for 
students solely on the basis of race, color, or 
ethnicity; or 
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‘‘(D) otherwise distinguising students by 
race, color, or ethnicity. 
‘‘(3) Require a course of instruction or unit of 
study at the medical school directing or otherwise 
compelling students, faculty, or staff to personally 
state, pledge, recite, affirm, or otherwise adopt any 
of the tenets specified in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) Establish, maintain, or contract with a di-
versity, equity, and inclusion office, or any other 
functional equivalent of such an office, to serve the 
medical school. 
‘‘(5) Require or incentivize an individual to 
complete a diversity statement professing or adher-
ing to diversity, equity, and inclusion as a condition 
of, or benefit in, admission or employment at such 
school. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION OF-
FICE.—The term ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion of-
fice’ means any component of an institution of high-
er education, including any division, unit, or center 
of such an institution, that is responsible for compel-
ling individuals to state, pledge, recite, affirm, or 
otherwise adopt ideas that are in violation of title IV 
or title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
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U.S.C. 2000c et seq.; 2000d et seq.), including the 
following: 
‘‘(A) That individuals of any race, sex, eth-
nicity, color, or national origin are inherently 
members of an oppressed or oppressor category. 
‘‘(B) That individuals should be adversely 
or advantageously treated on the basis of their 
race, sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin. 
‘‘(C) That individuals, by virtue of race, 
sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin, bear col-
lective guilt and are inherently responsible for 
actions committed in the past or present by 
other members of the same race, ethnicity, 
color, or national origin. 
‘‘(2) DIVERSITY STATEMENT.—The term ‘diver-
sity statement’ means any written or oral statement 
that— 
‘‘(A) discusses the immutable characteris-
tics, including race, sex, color, ethnicity, or 
country of origin of any applicant for enroll-
ment, admission, employment, or advancement 
at an institution of higher education; 
‘‘(B) affirms that individuals of any race, 
sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin are in-
herently superior or inferior; 
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