H.R. 406 explained  ·  119th Congress  ·  Pending in Congress

PROTECT Jewish Student and Faculty Act

Create a free account or sign in to follow H.R. 406 and get alerts. Policy area: Education Create a free account or sign in to follow the Education policy area and get alerts. ▲ 643 days since action Sponsor: Rudy Yakym, IN-02, R → Congress.gov

Cosponsors: 8 (1 D, 7 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12

Introduced: 2025-01-15

Latest action (2025-01-15): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

What H.R. 406 does, in plain terms

Promote Restoring Order To End Campus Targeting of Jewish Students and Faculty Act or the PROTECT Jewish Student and Faculty Act This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs to adopt a standard definition of anti-Semitism in their student and employee codes of conduct and prohibit such conduct on campus. Specifically, the IHE must include in its documents related to student and employee conduct a definition of anti-Semitism which states that (1) anti-Semitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews; and (2) rhetorical and physical manifestations of anti-Semitism may be directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals, including the property of such individuals, and Jewish community institutions and religious facilities. (This definition is the same as the working definition of anti-Semitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.) Additionally, the IHE must include in such documents a statement that anti-Semitic conduct is prohibited on campus and that such conduct may result in expulsion or termination of employment.

Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.

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