S 558 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025

Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Originated Senate Sponsor Tim Scott R-SC

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Apr 30, 2025 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.

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 13, 2025
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025

This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights take into consideration the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA's) working definition of antisemitism when reviewing or investigating complaints of discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. According to the IHRA's working definition, antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. 

Cosponsors 47

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2025 to Dec 8, 2025; 35 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-MSCindy Hyde-SmithOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-NEDeb FischerOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-MIElissa SlotkinOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-NVJacky RosenOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-OKJames LankfordOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-PAJohn FettermanOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-COJohn W. HickenlooperOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-ALKatie Boyd BrittOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-NDKevin CramerOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-NEPete RickettsOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-FLRick ScottOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-ORRon WydenOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-MTSteve DainesOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-ARTom CottonOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-CAAlex PadillaFeb 18, 2025
R-WYCynthia M. LummisFeb 18, 2025
R-PADavid McCormickFeb 18, 2025
D-AZMark KellyFeb 18, 2025
R-SDJohn ThuneMar 13, 2025
R-LABill CassidyApr 28, 2025
R-FLAshley MoodyMay 5, 2025
R-WVJames C. JusticeMay 5, 2025
R-IAJoni ErnstMay 5, 2025
R-AKDan SullivanJul 28, 2025
R-SDMike RoundsOct 8, 2025
R-INJim BanksDec 8, 2025

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Referred Feb 13, 2025Markup Apr 30, 2025

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 30, 2025Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
  2. Feb 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
  3. Feb 13, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S973-974)

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateText printed S973—Feb 13, 2025

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.

Printed hearings 1

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

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 119-81NEVER AGAIN: ADDRESSING THE RISE OF ANTISEMITISM AND SUPPORTING OLDER AMERICANS58 pagesAging (Special) CommitteeApr 30, 2025

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1007Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025Identical billFeb 5, 2025

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to provide for the consideration of a definition of antisemitism set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 13, 2025Introduced in Senate

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