HR 4751 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Exposing Discrimination in Higher Education Act

Introduced Jul 28, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Katherine M. Clark D-MA

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Latest action · Jul 28, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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. IntroducedJul 28, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Exposing Discrimination in Higher Education Act

This bill requires the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights to publish prominently on its website the names of the institutions of higher education (IHEs) that request, and the names of the IHEs that receive, religious exemptions from the prohibition on sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities.

It also requires an IHE that requests, receives, exercises, or intends to exercise such a religious exemption to publish prominently on its website certain information with respect to such exemption.

Cosponsors 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 28, 2021 to Jan 6, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NHChris PappasOriginalJul 28, 2021
D-NYMondaire JonesOriginalJul 28, 2021
D-KSSharice DavidsOriginalJul 28, 2021
D-CAJared HuffmanAug 31, 2021
D-WAMarilyn StricklandAug 31, 2021
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeAug 31, 2021
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciAug 31, 2021
D-RIDavid N. CicillineSep 27, 2021
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonSep 27, 2021
D-CTJahana HayesSep 27, 2021
D-MAJake AuchinclossSep 27, 2021
D-MAJames P. McGovernSep 27, 2021
D-MDJamie RaskinSep 27, 2021
D-FLKathy CastorSep 27, 2021
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonSep 27, 2021
D-NMMelanie A. StansburySep 27, 2021
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneSep 27, 2021
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOct 20, 2021
D-AZAnn KirkpatrickOct 20, 2021
D-NYBrian HigginsOct 20, 2021
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOct 20, 2021
D-NYGrace MengOct 20, 2021
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOct 20, 2021
D-NYJerrold NadlerOct 20, 2021
D-CAJuan VargasOct 20, 2021
D-NCKathy E. ManningOct 20, 2021
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOct 20, 2021
D-MIDebbie DingellNov 5, 2021
D-NYPaul TonkoNov 5, 2021
D-CASara JacobsNov 5, 2021
D-GANikema WilliamsJan 6, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jul 28, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 28, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Jul 28, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. By Mr. Crow H.R. 4752. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 132, July 28, 2021, page H4250.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 117-35THE ROLE OF CLIMATE RESEARCH IN SUPPORTING AGRICULTURAL RESILIENCY101 pagesAgriculture CommitteeJun 15, 2022

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3555Exposing Discrimination in Higher Education ActReintroduction ofJun 27, 2019

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Department of Education Organization Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require publication of information relating to religious exemptions to the requirements of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Exposing Discrimination in Higher Education Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 28, 2021Introduced in House

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