Equal Campus Access Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1168
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2019-04-11
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding

Higher education

Religion
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Equal Campus Access Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits funding for any public institution of higher education (IHE) that denies to religious student organizations any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise afforded to other student organizations at the IHE because of the religious beliefs, practices, speech, leadership standards, or standards of conduct of the religious student organization.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1168 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 11, 2019 Mr. Blunt (for himself, Mr. Lankford , and Mr. Scott of South Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure campus access at public institutions of higher education for religious groups.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Equal Campus Access Act of 2019 . 2. Campus access for religious groups 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: 124. Campus access for religious groups None of the funds made available under this Act may be provided to any public institution of higher education that denies to a religious student organization any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise afforded to other student organizations at the institution (including full access to the facilities of the institution and official recognition of the organization by the institution) because of the religious beliefs, practices, speech, leadership standards, or standards of conduct of the religious student organization. .