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Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016

Introduced: December 2, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Dec 22, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Dec 1, 2016
Introduced in House
Dec 1, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED), 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 the alleged 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, as adapted from the Working Definition of Anti-Semitism of the European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia (now known as the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights).

What's happening now December 22, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 4 Republican 3
Costello, Ryan
· Dec 8, 2016
Renacci, James
· Dec 8, 2016
 R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Dec 7, 2016
Curbelo, Carlos
· Dec 7, 2016
Dent, Charles
· Dec 7, 2016
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Dec 7, 2016
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Dec 7, 2016
 R
Schweikert, David
Arizona · Dec 6, 2016
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Dec 5, 2016
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Dec 5, 2016
Granger, Kay
· Dec 2, 2016
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Dec 2, 2016
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· Dec 1, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6421: Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6421/
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