[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5936 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5936

 To require institutions of higher education to designate at least one 
employee to coordinate compliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act 
                    of 1964, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 12, 2023

 Mr. Aguilar (for himself, Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Watson 
    Coleman, Mr. Gomez, and Ms. Meng) introduced the following bill

                            October 25, 2023

        Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require institutions of higher education to designate at least one 
employee to coordinate compliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act 
                    of 1964, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Protecting Students' Civil Rights 
Act''.

SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.

    Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(30) The institution will--
                    ``(A) designate at least one employee to coordinate 
                compliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 
                1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), including any 
                investigation of any complaint alleging--
                            ``(i) noncompliance with such title; and
                            ``(ii) any actions prohibited by such 
                        title;
                    ``(B) annually submit a report to the Secretary 
                that includes all complaints described in subparagraph 
                (A) with respect to such institution;
                    ``(C) make the report under subparagraph (B) 
                publicly available on the internet website of the 
                institution; and
                    ``(D) notify students and employees of--
                            ``(i) the name, office address, and 
                        telephone number of each employee designated 
                        under subparagraph (A);
                            ``(ii) the report under subparagraph (B);
                            ``(iii) the enforcement policies of the 
                        institution with respect to such title; and
                            ``(iv) the procedure for reporting and 
                        investigating complaints under such title.''.
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