{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-406","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":406,"title":"PROTECT Jewish Student and Faculty Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-01-15","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"Y000067","fullName":"Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2]","party":"R","state":"IN","district":2}],"cosponsorsCount":8,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-01-15","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce."},"policyArea":"Education","subjects":["Higher education","Racial and ethnic relations","Religion","School administration"],"actions":[{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Promote Restoring Order To End Campus Targeting of Jewish Students and Faculty Act or the PROTECT Jewish Student and Faculty Act</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>Specifically, the IHE must include in its documents related to student and employee conduct a definition of&nbsp;anti-Semitism which states that (1)&nbsp;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.)</p><p>Additionally, the IHE must include in such documents a statement that&nbsp;anti-Semitic conduct is prohibited on campus and that such conduct may result in expulsion or termination of employment.</p>","updateDate":"2025-07-21T19:44:15Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":509,"ts":"2026-04-15T12:44:23.820Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=PROTECT%20Jewish%20Student%20and%20Faculty%20Act"}]}}