H.R. 5924: Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-05-23 · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.

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Where it came from: introduced 2018-05-23 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2018

Plain summary

Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Education when reviewing whether there has been a violation of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance) based on an individual's actual or perceived shared Jewish ancestry or Jewish ethnic characteristics to consider the definition of "anti-Semitism" as part of its assessment of whether a practice was motivated by anti-Semitic intent. For purposes of this bill, the definition of "anti-Semitism" is the definition set forth by the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism of the Department of State in the Fact Sheet issued on June 8, 2010.

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Official text

Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2018

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Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] · 50 cosponsors

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Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Don Bacon (R-NE), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Scott Perry (R-PA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Jim Jordan (R-OH), David Kustoff (R-TN), Grace Meng (D-NY)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr5924.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5924 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115