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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2583 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish the Office of the Special Inspector General for Unlawful |
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| 6 | 6 | | Discrimination in Higher Education within the Department of Education. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL1, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. T |
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| 10 | 10 | | AYLOR(for himself and Mrs. HOUCHIN) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To establish the Office of the Special Inspector General |
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| 14 | 14 | | for Unlawful Discrimination in Higher Education within |
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| 15 | 15 | | the Department of Education. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘College Admissions Ac-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | countability Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Congress makes the following findings: 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) 21st century elite college admissions func-8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tions as the Nation’s sorting machine for prestige 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | and opportunity, allocating a limited number of valu-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | able credentials. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) For decades United States colleges and uni-3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | versities adopted admissions policies and practices 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | that rendered special preferences to applicants on 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the basis of race. 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) In Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | President and Fellows of Harvard College, 143 S. 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Ct. 2141 (2023), the Supreme Court of the United 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | States found race-based admissions policies to be in 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Amendment to the Constitution of the United 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | States. The Court further held that ‘‘universities 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | may not simply establish through application essays 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | or other means the regime we hold unlawful today’’. 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (4) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) prohibits entities that receive 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Federal funding from discriminating based on race. 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (5) Following the Court’s ruling, several United 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | States colleges and universities issued statements or 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | unveiled new policies at odds with its letter and spir-21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | it. 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (6) Institutions of higher education, including 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | their offices of admission, must comply with the 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Constitution and laws of the United States, as inter-1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | preted by the judiciary. 2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (7) It is the duty of the United States Govern-3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ment to protect the civil rights of its citizens and to 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | enforce the Constitution and laws of the United 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | States, as interpreted by the judiciary. 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | SEC. 3. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR UNLAWFUL 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | DISCRIMINATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(a) D |
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| 64 | 64 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(1) A |
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| 66 | 66 | | PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committees of Con-11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | gress’ means— 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(A) the Committee on Health, Education, 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(B) the Subcommittee on Labor, Health 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | and Human Services, Education, and Related 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | the Senate; 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(C) the Committee on Education and the 19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Workforce of the House of Representatives; and 20 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(D) the Subcommittee on Labor, Health 21 |
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| 78 | 78 | | and Human Services, Education of the Com-22 |
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| 79 | 79 | | mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-23 |
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| 80 | 80 | | resentatives. 24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ‘‘(2) COVERED INDIVIDUAL .—The term 1 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ″covered individual means any individual who— 2 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ‘‘(A) files an application for admission as 3 |
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| 87 | 87 | | a student at a covered institution; or 4 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ‘‘(B) is enrolled as a student at a covered 5 |
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| 89 | 89 | | institution. 6 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(3) C |
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| 91 | 91 | | OVERED INSTITUTION .—The term ‘cov-7 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ered institution’ means an institution of higher edu-8 |
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| 93 | 93 | | cation that receives funds from Federal student as-9 |
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| 94 | 94 | | sistance or Federal institutional aid under the High-10 |
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| 95 | 95 | | er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 11 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ‘‘(b) O |
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| 97 | 97 | | FFICE OFINSPECTORGENERAL.—There is 12 |
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| 98 | 98 | | hereby established within the Department the Office of the 13 |
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| 99 | 99 | | Special Inspector General for Unlawful Discrimination in 14 |
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| 100 | 100 | | Higher Education. 15 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ‘‘(c) A |
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| 102 | 102 | | PPOINTMENT OF INSPECTORGENERAL; RE-16 |
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| 103 | 103 | | MOVAL; BASICPAY.— 17 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 105 | 105 | | N GENERAL.—The head of the Office of 18 |
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| 106 | 106 | | the Special Inspector General for Unlawful Discrimi-19 |
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| 107 | 107 | | nation in Higher Education shall be the Special In-20 |
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| 108 | 108 | | spector General for Unlawful Discrimination in 21 |
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| 109 | 109 | | Higher Education (referred to in this section as the 22 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ‘Special Inspector General’), who shall be appointed 23 |
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| 111 | 111 | | by the President, by and with the advice and consent 24 |
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| 112 | 112 | | of the Senate. 25 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ‘‘(2) NOMINATION.—The nomination of the 1 |
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| 117 | 117 | | Special Inspector General shall be made on the basis 2 |
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| 118 | 118 | | of integrity and demonstrated familiarity with higher 3 |
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| 119 | 119 | | education and admissions, in addition to expertise in 4 |
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| 120 | 120 | | auditing, civil rights, law, academic administration, 5 |
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| 121 | 121 | | education regulation, or investigations. 6 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 123 | 123 | | EMOVAL.—The Special inspector General 7 |
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| 124 | 124 | | shall be removable from office in accordance with 8 |
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| 125 | 125 | | the provisions of section 403(b) of title 5, United 9 |
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| 126 | 126 | | States Code. 10 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘(4) B |
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| 128 | 128 | | ASIC PAY.—The annual rate of basic pay 11 |
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| 129 | 129 | | of the Special Inspector General shall be the annual 12 |
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| 130 | 130 | | rate of basic pay for an Inspector General under sec-13 |
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| 131 | 131 | | tion 403 of title 5, United States Code. 14 |
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| 132 | 132 | | ‘‘(d) D |
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| 133 | 133 | | UTIES.— 15 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 135 | 135 | | N GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of the 16 |
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| 136 | 136 | | Special Inspector General to, in accordance with sec-17 |
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| 137 | 137 | | tion 404(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code— 18 |
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| 138 | 138 | | ‘‘(A) receive, review, and investigate allega-19 |
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| 139 | 139 | | tions from covered individuals or employees of 20 |
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| 140 | 140 | | covered institutions of admissions decisions, 21 |
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| 141 | 141 | | policies, or practices, or financial aid determina-22 |
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| 142 | 142 | | tions or academic programs, that are in viola-23 |
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| 143 | 143 | | tion of— 24 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ‘‘(i) the Equal Protection Clause of 1 |
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| 148 | 148 | | the 14th Amendment to the Constitution 2 |
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| 149 | 149 | | of the United States, pursuant to the hold-3 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ing in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. 4 |
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| 151 | 151 | | v. President and Fellows of Harvard Col-5 |
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| 152 | 152 | | lege, 143 S. Ct. 2141 (2023) (referred to 6 |
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| 153 | 153 | | in this subsection as the ‘Equal Protection 7 |
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| 154 | 154 | | Clause’); or 8 |
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| 155 | 155 | | ‘‘(ii) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 9 |
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| 156 | 156 | | 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) (referred 10 |
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| 157 | 157 | | to in this subsection as ‘title VI’); 11 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ‘‘(B) review any Federal policies and pro-12 |
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| 159 | 159 | | grams that have the effect of incentivizing cov-13 |
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| 160 | 160 | | ered institutions to violate the Equal Protection 14 |
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| 161 | 161 | | Clause or title VI; and 15 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ‘‘(C) make recommendations to the appli-16 |
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| 163 | 163 | | cable covered institution, the Secretary, the At-17 |
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| 164 | 164 | | torney General of the United States, and the 18 |
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| 165 | 165 | | appropriate committees of Congress regard-19 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ing— 20 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ‘‘(i) measures that the covered institu-21 |
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| 168 | 168 | | tion should take to remedy any violation 22 |
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| 169 | 169 | | described in subparagraph (A) through re-23 |
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| 170 | 170 | | medial or corrective action; 24 |
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| 174 | 174 | | ‘‘(ii) any employee of the covered in-1 |
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| 175 | 175 | | stitution that the Special Inspector Gen-2 |
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| 176 | 176 | | eral determines, after a review or inves-3 |
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| 177 | 177 | | tigation described in subparagraph (A), 4 |
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| 178 | 178 | | should face disciplinary action (including 5 |
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| 179 | 179 | | removal) as a result of a violation de-6 |
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| 180 | 180 | | scribed in such subparagraph; 7 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ‘‘(iii) eligibility of the covered institu-8 |
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| 182 | 182 | | tion to receive funds from Federal student 9 |
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| 183 | 183 | | assistance or Federal institutional aid; 10 |
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| 184 | 184 | | ‘‘(iv) further investigation into the 11 |
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| 185 | 185 | | covered institution’s compliance with the 12 |
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| 186 | 186 | | Constitution of the United States, title VI, 13 |
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| 187 | 187 | | and other laws of the United States; and 14 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ‘‘(v) reforms to any Federal policies 15 |
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| 189 | 189 | | and programs that have the effect of 16 |
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| 190 | 190 | | incentivizing covered institutions to violate 17 |
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| 191 | 191 | | the Equal Protection Clause or title VI. 18 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ‘‘(2) M |
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| 193 | 193 | | AINTENANCE OF SYSTEMS .—The Special 19 |
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| 194 | 194 | | Inspector General shall establish, maintain, and 20 |
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| 195 | 195 | | oversee such systems, procedures, and controls as 21 |
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| 196 | 196 | | the Special Inspector General considers appropriate 22 |
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| 197 | 197 | | to discharge the duties of the Special inspector Gen-23 |
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| 198 | 198 | | eral under paragraph (1). 24 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBIL -1 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ITIES.—In addition to the duties described in para-2 |
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| 204 | 204 | | graphs (1) and (2), the Special Inspector General 3 |
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| 205 | 205 | | shall also have the duties and responsibilities of in-4 |
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| 206 | 206 | | spectors general under chapter 4 of title 5, United 5 |
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| 207 | 207 | | States Code. 6 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ‘‘(4) C |
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| 209 | 209 | | ONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION .— 7 |
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| 210 | 210 | | The Special inspector General shall maintain the 8 |
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| 211 | 211 | | confidentiality of the identity of any person submit-9 |
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| 212 | 212 | | ting information to the Special Inspector General for 10 |
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| 213 | 213 | | the purposes of carrying out the duties of the Spe-11 |
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| 214 | 214 | | cial inspector General under this section, including 12 |
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| 215 | 215 | | in any report submitted under subsection (g). 13 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ‘‘(e) P |
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| 217 | 217 | | OWERS ANDAUTHORITIES.— 14 |
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| 218 | 218 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 219 | 219 | | N GENERAL.—In carrying out the duties 15 |
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| 220 | 220 | | of the Special Inspector General under subsection 16 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (d), the Special Inspector General shall have the au-17 |
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| 222 | 222 | | thorities provided in section 406 of title 5, United 18 |
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| 223 | 223 | | States Code. 19 |
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| 224 | 224 | | ‘‘(2) T |
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| 225 | 225 | | REATMENT OF OFFICE .—The Office of 20 |
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| 226 | 226 | | the Special Inspector General shall be considered to 21 |
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| 227 | 227 | | be an office described in section 406(f)(3) of title 5, 22 |
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| 228 | 228 | | United States Code. 23 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ‘‘(f) P |
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| 230 | 230 | | ERSONNEL, FACILITIES, ANDOTHERRE-24 |
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| 231 | 231 | | SOURCES.— 25 |
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| 235 | 235 | | ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOY -1 |
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| 236 | 236 | | EES.— 2 |
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| 237 | 237 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 238 | 238 | | N GENERAL.—The Special Inspector 3 |
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| 239 | 239 | | General may select, appoint, and employ such 4 |
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| 240 | 240 | | officers an employees as may be necessary for 5 |
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| 241 | 241 | | carrying out the duties of the Special Inspector 6 |
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| 242 | 242 | | General. 7 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ‘‘(B) S |
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| 244 | 244 | | TATUS.—The positions to which of-8 |
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| 245 | 245 | | ficers and employees are appointed under sub-9 |
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| 246 | 246 | | paragraph (A) shall be positions in schedule C 10 |
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| 247 | 247 | | of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of 11 |
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| 248 | 248 | | Federal Regulations, or any successor regula-12 |
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| 249 | 249 | | tions. 13 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 251 | 251 | | XPERTS AND CONSULTANTS .—The Spe-14 |
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| 252 | 252 | | cial Inspector General may obtain services as au-15 |
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| 253 | 253 | | thorized under section 3109 of title 5, United States 16 |
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| 254 | 254 | | Code, at daily rates not to exceed the equivalent rate 17 |
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| 255 | 255 | | prescribed for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule 18 |
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| 256 | 256 | | by section 5332 of that title. 19 |
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| 257 | 257 | | ‘‘(3) C |
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| 258 | 258 | | ONTRACTS.—The Special Inspector Gen-20 |
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| 259 | 259 | | eral may enter into contracts and other arrange-21 |
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| 260 | 260 | | ments for audits, studies, analyses, and other serv-22 |
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| 261 | 261 | | ices with public agencies and with private persons, 23 |
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| 262 | 262 | | and make such payments as may be necessary to 24 |
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| 266 | 266 | | carry out the duties of the Special Inspector Gen-1 |
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| 267 | 267 | | eral. 2 |
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| 268 | 268 | | ‘‘(g) R |
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| 269 | 269 | | EPORTS.— 3 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ‘‘(1) Q |
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| 271 | 271 | | UARTERLY REPORTS .— 4 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 273 | 273 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 5 |
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| 274 | 274 | | days after the date on which the Special Inspec-6 |
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| 275 | 275 | | tor General is confirmed, and once every cal-7 |
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| 276 | 276 | | endar quarter thereafter, the Special Inspector 8 |
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| 277 | 277 | | General shall submit to the appropriate commit-9 |
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| 278 | 278 | | tees of Congress a report summarizing the ac-10 |
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| 279 | 279 | | tivities of the Special Inspector General during 11 |
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| 280 | 280 | | the 3-month period ending on the date on which 12 |
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| 281 | 281 | | the Special Inspector General submits the re-13 |
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| 282 | 282 | | port. 14 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ‘‘(B) C |
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| 284 | 284 | | ONTENTS.—Each report submitted 15 |
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| 285 | 285 | | under subparagraph (A) shall include, for the 16 |
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| 286 | 286 | | period covered by the report, the following: 17 |
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| 287 | 287 | | ‘‘(i) A general description of the alle-18 |
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| 288 | 288 | | gations received and reviewed by the Spe-19 |
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| 289 | 289 | | cial Inspector General under subsection 20 |
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| 290 | 290 | | (d)(1)(A). 21 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ‘‘(ii) Recommendations of the Special 22 |
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| 292 | 292 | | Inspector General regarding reforms that 23 |
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| 293 | 293 | | the Special Inspector General believes 24 |
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| 294 | 294 | | should be undertaken with respect to the 25 |
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| 298 | 298 | | authority of the Special Inspector General 1 |
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| 299 | 299 | | and matters within the authority of the 2 |
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| 300 | 300 | | Special Inspector General to review and in-3 |
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| 301 | 301 | | vestigate, including the authority described 4 |
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| 302 | 302 | | in subsection (d)(1)(B). 5 |
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| 303 | 303 | | ‘‘(iii) For a covered institution with 6 |
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| 304 | 304 | | respect to which an allegation submitted 7 |
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| 305 | 305 | | under this section applies, the steps that 8 |
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| 306 | 306 | | the covered institution with respect to 9 |
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| 307 | 307 | | which an allegation submitted under this 10 |
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| 308 | 308 | | section applies, the steps that the covered 11 |
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| 309 | 309 | | institution has taken, and has yet to take, 12 |
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| 310 | 310 | | to remedy the issues outlined in the allega-13 |
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| 311 | 311 | | tion. 14 |
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| 312 | 312 | | ‘‘(iv) Data regarding the number of 15 |
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| 313 | 313 | | allegations received and reviewed by the 16 |
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| 314 | 314 | | Special Inspector General under this sec-17 |
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| 315 | 315 | | tion that document any legitimate viola-18 |
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| 316 | 316 | | tion, as determined by the Special inspec-19 |
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| 317 | 317 | | tor General, which shall— 20 |
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| 318 | 318 | | ‘‘(I) be disaggregated by the 21 |
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| 319 | 319 | | number of violations committed by 22 |
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| 320 | 320 | | each covered institution; and 23 |
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| 321 | 321 | | ‘‘(II) contain a separate provision 24 |
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| 322 | 322 | | listing the number of those acts that 25 |
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| 326 | 326 | | relate to racial bias, which shall be 1 |
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| 327 | 327 | | disaggregated as described in sub-2 |
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| 328 | 328 | | clause (I). 3 |
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| 329 | 329 | | ‘‘(v) Commentary by the Special In-4 |
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| 330 | 330 | | spector General regarding the level of co-5 |
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| 331 | 331 | | operation by each covered institution with 6 |
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| 332 | 332 | | respect to reviews and investigations per-7 |
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| 333 | 333 | | formed by the Special Inspector General, 8 |
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| 334 | 334 | | including, with respect to each covered in-9 |
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| 335 | 335 | | stitution has implemented recommenda-10 |
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| 336 | 336 | | tions made by the Special Inspector Gen-11 |
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| 337 | 337 | | eral and whether the covered institution 12 |
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| 338 | 338 | | has provided information or access re-13 |
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| 339 | 339 | | quested by the Special Inspector General. 14 |
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| 340 | 340 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 341 | 341 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 15 |
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| 342 | 342 | | this subsection may be construed to authorize the 16 |
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| 343 | 343 | | public disclosure of information that is— 17 |
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| 344 | 344 | | ‘‘(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure 18 |
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| 345 | 345 | | by any other provision of law; 19 |
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| 346 | 346 | | ‘‘(B) specifically required by Executive 20 |
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| 347 | 347 | | order to be protected from disclosure in the in-21 |
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| 348 | 348 | | terest of national defense or national security or 22 |
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| 349 | 349 | | in the conduct of foreign affairs; or 23 |
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| 350 | 350 | | ‘‘(C) a part of an ongoing criminal inves-24 |
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| 351 | 351 | | tigation. 25 |
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| 355 | 355 | | ‘‘(h) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-1 |
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| 356 | 356 | | priated $25,000,000 to carry out this section, which shall 2 |
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| 357 | 357 | | remain available until expended. 3 |
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| 359 | 359 | | OUNCIL OF THEINSPECTORSGENERAL ONIN-4 |
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| 360 | 360 | | TEGRITY ANDEFFICIENCY.—The Special Inspector Gen-5 |
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| 361 | 361 | | eral shall be a member of the Council of the Inspectors 6 |
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| 362 | 362 | | General on Integrity and Efficiency established under sec-7 |
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| 363 | 363 | | tion 424 of title 5, United States Code. 8 |
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| 364 | 364 | | ‘‘(j) C |
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| 365 | 365 | | ORRECTIVERESPONSES TO AUDITPROB-9 |
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| 366 | 366 | | LEMS.—A covered institution shall— 10 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ‘‘(1) take action to address deficiencies identi-11 |
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| 368 | 368 | | fied by a report or investigation of the Special In-12 |
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| 369 | 369 | | spector General; or 13 |
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| 370 | 370 | | ‘‘(2) with respect to a deficiency identified 14 |
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| 371 | 371 | | under paragraph (1), certify to the Special Inspector 15 |
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| 372 | 372 | | General and the appropriate committees of Congress 16 |
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| 373 | 373 | | that no action is necessary or appropriate. 17 |
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| 374 | 374 | | ‘‘(k) R |
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| 375 | 375 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-18 |
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| 376 | 376 | | tion may be construed as limiting the authority of the In-19 |
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| 377 | 377 | | spector General of the Department. 20 |
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| 378 | 378 | | ‘‘(l) S |
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| 379 | 379 | | UNSET.—The Office of the Special Inspector 21 |
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| 380 | 380 | | General for Unlawful Discrimination in Higher Education, 22 |
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| 381 | 381 | | established under this section, shall terminate on the date 23 |
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| 382 | 382 | | that is 12 years after the date of enactment of the College 24 |
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| 383 | 383 | | Admissions Accountability Act of 2025.’’. 25 |
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| 387 | 387 | | (b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The tables of contents 1 |
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| 388 | 388 | | in section 1 of the Department of Education Organization 2 |
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| 389 | 389 | | Act (20 U.S.C. 3401 note) is amended by inserting after 3 |
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| 390 | 390 | | the item relating to section 220 the following new item: 4 |
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| 391 | 391 | | ‘‘Sec. 221. Special Inspector General for Unlawful Dis-5 |
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| 392 | 392 | | crimination in Higher Education.’’. 6 |
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| 394 | 394 | | IGHEREDUCATIONACT OF1965.—Part B of 7 |
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| 395 | 395 | | title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8 |
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| 396 | 396 | | 1011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-9 |
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| 397 | 397 | | lowing: 10 |
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| 398 | 398 | | ‘‘SEC. 124. INELIGIBILITY DUE TO DISCRIMINATION ON THE 11 |
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| 399 | 399 | | BASIS OF RACE IN VIOLATION OF EQUAL 12 |
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| 400 | 400 | | PROTECTION CLAUSE OR TITLE VI. 13 |
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| 401 | 401 | | ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no in-14 |
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| 402 | 402 | | stitution of higher education shall be eligible to receive 15 |
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| 403 | 403 | | funds from Federal student assistance or Federal institu-16 |
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| 404 | 404 | | tional aid under this Act if the Secretary determines that 17 |
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| 405 | 405 | | the institution had an admissions decision, policy, or prac-18 |
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| 406 | 406 | | tice, or financial aid determination or academic program, 19 |
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| 407 | 407 | | that discriminated on the basis of race in violation of— 20 |
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| 408 | 408 | | ‘‘(1) the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th 21 |
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| 409 | 409 | | Amendment to the Constitution of the United 22 |
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| 410 | 410 | | States, pursuant to the holding in Students for Fair 23 |
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| 411 | 411 | | Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Har-24 |
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| 412 | 412 | | vard College, 143 S. Ct. 2141 (2023); or 25 |
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| 417 | 417 | | U.S.C. 2000d et seq.).’’. 2 |
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