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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2634 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require public institutions |
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| 6 | 6 | | of higher education, as a condition of participating in programs under |
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| 7 | 7 | | title IV of such Act, to provide a written statement and educational |
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| 8 | 8 | | programming to new students on the rights of students under the first |
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| 9 | 9 | | amendment to the Constitution. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | APRIL3, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. K |
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| 13 | 13 | | ILEYof California (for himself and Mr. OWENS) introduced the following |
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| 14 | 14 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require |
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| 17 | 17 | | public institutions of higher education, as a condition |
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| 18 | 18 | | of participating in programs under title IV of such Act, |
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| 19 | 19 | | to provide a written statement and educational program- |
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| 20 | 20 | | ming to new students on the rights of students under |
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| 21 | 21 | | the first amendment to the Constitution. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Free Speech On Cam-4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | pus Act’’. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT ON FREE-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | DOM OF EXPRESSION. 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | following: 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(30) In the case of a public institution, the in-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | stitution will carry out each of the following: 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(A) At each orientation for new and 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | transfer students, provide students attending 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the orientation— 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(i) a written statement that— 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(I) explains the rights of stu-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | dents under the first amendment to 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | the Constitution; 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(II) affirms the importance and 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the commitment of the institution to 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | freedom of expression; and 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(III) includes assurances that 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | students, and individuals invited by 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | students to speak at the institution, 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | will not be treated in a manner that 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | violates the freedom of expression of 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | such students or individuals; and 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(ii) educational programming (in-24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | cluding online resources) that include each 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | of the following: 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(I) Descriptions of policies, pro-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | cedures, and protocols of the institu-2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | tion that protect freedom of expres-3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | sion and prohibit exclusionary behav-4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ior. 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(II) Lessons that— 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(aa) teach and encourage 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | the expression of a wide range of 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | views in a productive and re-9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | spectful manner; and 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(bb) include an under-11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | standing of the first amendment 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | to the Constitution and its role in 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | supporting the commitment of 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | the institution to freedom of ex-15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | pression. 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(B) Post on the publicly accessible 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | website of the institution the statement de-18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | scribed in subparagraph (A)(i).’’. 19 |
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