[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9530 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9530

To require the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide 
     for antisemitism monitors at institutions of higher education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2024

  Mr. Torres of New York (for himself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide 
     for antisemitism monitors at institutions of higher education.

    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 ``College Oversight and Legal Updates 
Mandating Bias Investigations and Accountability Act of 2024'' or the 
``COLUMBIA Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. ANTISEMITISM MONITORS.

    (a) Authority.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall establish a program to 
appoint independent, third-party, antisemitism monitors to monitor 
institutions of higher education that the Secretary has determined, 
based on data received from the Office for Civil Rights of the 
Department of Education, have a high incidence of antisemitic activity 
and that receive funds under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). The Secretary shall develop an antisemitism 
monitorship agreement, to be entered into by an antisemitism monitor 
and an institution of higher education, that designates the terms and 
conditions of the monitorship and that requires the institution of 
higher education to provide for the reasonable expenses of the 
antisemitism monitor.
    (b) Duties of Antisemitism Monitor.--An antisemitism monitor 
appointed to an institution of higher education by the Secretary of 
Education shall--
            (1) operate under the antisemitism monitorship agreement 
        developed by the Secretary and entered into with the 
        institution of higher education;
            (2) provide quarterly reports, which shall be made publicly 
        available and posted on the website of the institution of 
        higher education and the Department of Education, evaluating 
        the progress that the institution has made toward combating 
        antisemitism on campus; and
            (3) provide an annual report to Congress, the Secretary of 
        Education, State and local governments, as needed, and the 
        institution of higher education, that includes recommendations 
        of actions, policies, and sanctions, as appropriate, to prevent 
        and reduce antisemitism at the institution.
    (c) Definition of Institution of Higher Education.--In this 
section, the term ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning 
given such term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1002).
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