University Accountability Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 729.
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.
- IntroducedJul 2, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
University Accountability Act
This bill imposes a penalty on certain tax-exempt educational institutions for civil rights violations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (i.e., discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance).
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 2, 2024 to Jul 22, 2024; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Original | Jul 2, 2024 |
| R-UT | Blake D. Moore | Original | Jul 2, 2024 |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Original | Jul 2, 2024 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Jul 2, 2024 |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | Original | Jul 2, 2024 |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Original | Jul 2, 2024 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Jul 2, 2024 |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Original | Jul 2, 2024 |
| R-MN | Michelle Fischbach | Original | Jul 2, 2024 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Jul 2, 2024 |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Jul 8, 2024 | |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Jul 8, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Anthony D'Esposito | Jul 22, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 2, 2024Markup Jul 9, 2024Reported Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-894.
- Dec 17, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 729.
- Jul 9, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 9, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 12.
- Jul 2, 2024Introduced in House
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 7, 2024H.R. 8914, University Accountability ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 9, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 110, July 2, 2024, page H4452.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose penalties with respect to civil rights violations by certain tax-exempt educational institutions.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- University Accountability Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- University Accountability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Reported in House
- Jul 2, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
