HR 6421 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016

Introduced Dec 1, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Peter J. Roskam R-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 22, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedDec 1, 2016
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED), when reviewing whether there has been a violation of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance) based on an individual's actual or perceived shared Jewish ancestry or Jewish ethnic characteristics, to consider the definition of "anti-Semitism" as part of its assessment of whether the alleged practice was motivated by anti-Semitic intent.

For purposes of this bill, the definition of "anti-Semitism" is the definition set forth by the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism of the Department of State in the Fact Sheet issued on June 8, 2010, as adapted from the Working Definition of Anti-Semitism of the European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia (now known as the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights).

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 1, 2016 to Dec 8, 2016, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalDec 1, 2016
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalDec 1, 2016
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalDec 1, 2016
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalDec 1, 2016
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalDec 1, 2016
R-NJChristopher H. SmithDec 2, 2016
R-TXKay GrangerDec 2, 2016
D-CABrad ShermanDec 5, 2016
D-NYGrace MengDec 5, 2016
R-AZDavid SchweikertDec 6, 2016
R-CODoug LambornDec 6, 2016
R-VAE. Scott RigellDec 6, 2016
D-CAEric SwalwellDec 6, 2016
R-FLCarlos CurbeloDec 7, 2016
R-PACharles W. DentDec 7, 2016
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 22, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
  2. Dec 1, 2016Introduced in House
  3. Dec 1, 2016Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 10Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016Identical billDec 22, 2016

Subjects

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  1. Dec 1, 2016Introduced in House

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