[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3675 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3675

  To prohibit Federal grants to or contracts with Columbia University.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2007

  Mr. Hunter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit Federal grants to or contracts with Columbia University.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restore Patriotism to University 
Campuses Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for 
        the destruction of the State of Israel, a critical ally of the 
        United States.
            (2) In January 2007, commander of Multinational Corps-Iraq, 
        Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno stated that the United States had traced 
        back to Iran serial numbers of weapons captured in Iraq, 
        including rocket-propelled grenades, roadside bombs and 
        Katyusha rockets.
            (3) These types of weapons have been used in Iraq to kill 
        and injure members of American, Iraqi, and coalition forces and 
        undermine the nascent Iraqi government.
            (4) Despite Iran's support for terrorism, Columbia 
        University extended an invitation to Iranian President Mahmoud 
        Ahmadinejad to address students and faculty from the University 
        campus.
            (5) Columbia University dissolved its long-standing Reserve 
        Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program on campus because of 
        disagreement with United States military policy, and for nearly 
        four decades has not invited the return of any ROTC program to 
        the University campus.
            (6) Despite this fact, Columbia University has continued to 
        accept funds made available through ROTC scholarships, while 
        University faculty continue to oppose United States military 
        policies and law.
            (7) Through their invitation, Columbia University provided 
        a public, prestigious platform on United States soil from which 
        on September 24, 2007, President Ahmadinejad spoke and defended 
        his wide-ranging support for terrorist activities.

SEC. 3. DENIAL OF FUNDS.

    (a) Denial of Funds for Permitting State Terrorist Access to 
Campus.--No funds described in subsection (b)(1) may be provided by 
contract or by grant to Columbia University of New York, New York, or 
any subelement of Columbia University.
    (b) Covered Funds.--
            (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the limitations 
        established in subsection (a) apply to the following:
                    (A) Any funds made available for the Department of 
                Defense.
                    (B) Any funds made available for any department or 
                agency for which regular appropriations are made in a 
                Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
                Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
                    (C) Any funds made available for the Department of 
                Homeland Security.
                    (D) Any funds made available for the National 
                Nuclear Security Administration of the Department of 
                Energy.
                    (E) Any funds made available for the Department of 
                Transportation.
                    (F) Any funds made available for the Central 
                Intelligence Agency.
            (2) Any Federal funding specified in paragraph (1) that is 
        provided to an institution of higher education, or to an 
        individual, to be available solely for student financial 
        assistance, related administrative costs, or costs associated 
        with attendance, may be used for the purpose for which the 
        funding is provided.
    (c) Notice of Determinations.--Whenever the head of a Federal 
department or agency makes a determination under subsection (a) or (b), 
the head of such department or agency--
            (1) shall transmit a notice of the determination to the 
        Secretary of Education, to the head of each other department 
        and agency the funds of which are subject to the determination, 
        and to Congress; and
            (2) shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of the 
        determination and the effect of the determination on the 
        eligibility of Columbia University for contracts and grants.
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