{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-6090","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 6090","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To provide for the consideration of a definition of antisemitism set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To provide for the consideration of a definition of antisemitism set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-10-26","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-05-01","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h172","question":"On Passage","title":"Antisemitism Awareness Act","result":"Passed","yea":320,"nay":91,"present":0,"not_voting":18,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll172.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2024-05-02"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-05-01","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights take into consideration the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA's) working definition of antisemitism when reviewing or investigating complaints of discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. According to the IHRA's working definition, antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews."}],"words":79},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Department of Education to take into consideration the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism when assessing Title VI complaints based on actual or perceived shared Jewish ancestry or Jewish ethnic characteristics.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6090/text/eh#HA537FFCEA725476E80C3585361998EA4"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6090/text/eh#HF7E2953D61714D0C97EC2F5C1CD32E03"}]},"core_areas":["Use of the IHRA definition of antisemitism in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 enforcement by the Department of Education"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Defines \"definition of antisemitism\" as the definition adopted on May 26, 2016, by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, including the \"[c]ontemporary examples of antisemitism\" identified in that definition.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6090/text/eh#HA537FFCEA725476E80C3585361998EA4"}},{"text":"Requires the Department of Education, when reviewing, investigating, or deciding whether there has been a Title VI violation based on actual or perceived shared Jewish ancestry or Jewish ethnic characteristics, to take the definition into consideration in assessing whether a practice was motivated by antisemitic intent.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6090/text/eh#HF7E2953D61714D0C97EC2F5C1CD32E03"}},{"text":"States that the Act is not to be construed to expand the authority of the Secretary of Education or to alter the standards the Department uses to determine that harassing conduct amounts to actionable discrimination.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6090/text/eh#H822A1EFB8B274273B393FE7ABEBD9486"}},{"text":"States that the Act is not to be construed to diminish or infringe upon any right protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6090/text/eh#H822A1EFB8B274273B393FE7ABEBD9486"}},{"text":"States the sense of Congress that Title VI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6090/text/eh#HBBC8F81211624BA3A814788D8BCD80E7"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-05-01","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6090/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6090","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6090/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-6090.png","v":"ad197163a9a1","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 6090, 118th Congress: Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023. House: 320 Yea, 91 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 1 May 2024."}}