HR 7478 · 118th Congress 2023โ€“2025, ended

PROTECT Jewish Student and Faculty Act

Latest action · Feb 29, 2024 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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. IntroducedFeb 29, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2024 to Jun 12, 2024.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-UTBurgess OwensMar 6, 2024
R-ORLori Chavez-DeRemerApr 11, 2024
R-NYNicholas A. LangworthyApr 12, 2024
R-SCRussell FryApr 12, 2024
R-WIDerrick Van OrdenApr 23, 2024
R-NYElise M. StefanikApr 23, 2024
D-MIHillary J. ScholtenApr 23, 2024
R-AZJuan CiscomaniApr 23, 2024
D-FLJared MoskowitzApr 29, 2024
R-PADaniel MeuserApr 30, 2024
D-MEJared F. GoldenMay 1, 2024
R-SDDusty JohnsonMay 15, 2024
R-ALJerry L. CarlMay 17, 2024
R-INErin HouchinMay 22, 2024
R-NYBrandon WilliamsMay 23, 2024
R-FLByron DonaldsJun 12, 2024

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 Feb 29, 2024

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 29, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Feb 29, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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: Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation would condition Title IV financial aid funds, authorized under the Higher Education Act, on the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism in university student and employee codes of conduct.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 37, February 29, 2024, page H772.

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education, as a condition of participation in programs under title IV of such Act, to include a prohibition of antisemitic conduct in all documents relating to student or employee conduct.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
PROTECT Jewish Student and Faculty Act
Promote Restoring Order To End Campus Targeting of Jewish Students and Faculty Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 29, 2024Introduced in House

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