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HR 5148 114th Congress House

Transparency in Taypayer-Funded [sic] Discrimination Act

Official title: To amend the Department of Education Organization Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require publication of information relating to religious exemptio… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Department of Education Organization Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require publication of information relating to religious exemptions to the requirements of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 10, 2016 Introduced by: Clark, Katherine M. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
Education Education programs fundingElementary and secondary educationGovernment information and archivesHigher education
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ReligionSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
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Sep 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Apr 29, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Apr 29, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 19, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Transparency in Taypayer-Funded [sic] Discrimination Act

This bill amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights to publish, on its website, the names of institutions of higher education (IHEs) that request and IHEs that receive religious exemptions from title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. (Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities.)

Additionally, the bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require an IHE that requests or receives a religious exemption from title IX to publish, on its website, certain information with respect to such exemption.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5265 Related bill Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
D
Swalwell, Eric
California · May 12, 2016
Lee, Barbara
· May 10, 2016
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 10, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5148: Transparency in Taypayer-Funded [sic] Discrimination Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5148/
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