I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9530 
To require the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide 
for antisemitism monitors at institutions of higher education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 
Mr. TORRES of New York (for himself and Mr. LAWLER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Education to establish a program 
to provide for antisemitism monitors at institutions of 
higher education. 
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 ‘‘College Oversight and 
Legal Updates Mandating Bias Investigations and Ac-
countability Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘COLUMBIA Act of 
2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. ANTISEMITISM MONITORS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education 
shall establish a program to appoint independent, third- 
party, antisemitism monitors to monitor institutions of 
higher education that the Secretary has determined, based 
on data received from the Office for Civil Rights of the 
Department of Education, have a high incidence of 
antisemitic activity and that receive funds under the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). The 
Secretary shall develop an antisemitism monitorship 
agreement, to be entered into by an antisemitism monitor 
and an institution of higher education, that designates the 
terms and conditions of the monitorship and that requires 
the institution of higher education to provide for the rea-
sonable expenses of the antisemitism monitor. 
(b) DUTIES OF ANTISEMITISM MONITOR.—An anti-
semitism monitor appointed to an institution of higher 
education by the Secretary of Education shall— 
(1) operate under the antisemitism monitorship 
agreement developed by the Secretary and entered 
into with the institution of higher education; 
(2) provide quarterly reports, which shall be 
made publicly available and posted on the website of 
the institution of higher education and the Depart-
ment of Education, evaluating the progress that the 
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institution has made toward combating antisemitism 
on campus; and 
(3) provide an annual report to Congress, the 
Secretary of Education, State and local govern-
ments, as needed, and the institution of higher edu-
cation, that includes recommendations of actions, 
policies, and sanctions, as appropriate, to prevent 
and reduce antisemitism at the institution. 
(c) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—In this section, the term ‘‘institution of higher 
education’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002). 
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