[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 13, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1901]
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SA 1413. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 937, to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-
19 hate crimes, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. 4. PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION IN ADMISSION TO
POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS.
Section 601 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.
2000d) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``No person''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Admission to Postsecondary Institutions.--It shall be
unlawful for an employee of a postsecondary institution
referred to in section 606(2)(A) and receiving Federal
financial assistance, to use for an applicant or refer an
applicant to an informal or formal quota system based on
race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin, during
any step of the admissions process, to determine whether the
applicant involved shall be admitted to the institution.''.
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