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H.R. 1282 119th Congress House

Eliminate DEI in Colleges Act

Official title: To prohibit Federal funding for institutions of higher education that carry out diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 13, 2025 Introduced by: Gus M. Bilirakis Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
Education Government lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationRacial and ethnic relationsSchool administration
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Sex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationStudent aid and college costs
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Feb 13, 2025
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Feb 13, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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Eliminate DEI in Colleges Act

This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) from receiving federal funds or participating in federal student aid programs if the IHE carries out diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

Specifically, the bill requires an IHE to certify to the Department of Education (ED) that the IHE (1) does not and will not carry out any program, project, initiative, or other activity that advocates, promotes, or otherwise supports DEI; and (2) does not and will not maintain any office or other entity within the IHE that advocates, promotes, or otherwise supports DEI.

Each IHE that provides the certification must, upon request, make available to ED any information necessary to verify the accuracy of the certification. 

ED must publish regulations to implement and enforce the bill's provisions. 

The bill establishes a process through which an IHE may appeal ED's decision to terminate the IHE's financial assistance for failure to comply with the bill's provisions.

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 Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Barr, Andy
Kentucky · Oct 28, 2025
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Baird, James R.
Indiana · Feb 13, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1282: Eliminate DEI in Colleges Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1282/
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"H.R. 1282: Eliminate DEI in Colleges Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1282/.
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