Congress: 118 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel
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Sponsor: Lawler, Michael (R-New York)
Stop Anti-Semitism on College Campuses Act This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs from authorizing, facilitating, providing funding for, or otherwise supporting any event that promotes anti-Semitism on the IHE's campus.
This bill bars colleges that accept federal student aid from authorizing, funding, or supporting campus events that promote antisemitism. It does not define antisemitism in the bill text itself, leaving that definition to enforcement — a gap that has led to related legislation adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition, which classifies certain forms of Israel criticism (e.g., calling Israel 'a racist endeavor' or comparing Israeli policy to Nazi actions) as antisemitic speech.
The bill creates a funding penalty for colleges hosting events deemed antisemitic, but its enforcement hinges on how 'antisemitism' is defined. If applied alongside the IHRA definition, it would effectively restrict campus speech critical of Israel policy, since the IHRA definition treats several common forms of Israel criticism as antisemitic — converting hate-speech law into de facto regulation of political speech about Israel.