# 114-hr-5265: Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Act

114-hr-5265, Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5265
- Congress: 114
- Title: Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- Introduced: 2016-05-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 21
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Act This bill amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights to publish, on its website, the names of institutions of higher education (IHEs) that request and IHEs that receive religious exemptions from title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. (Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities.) Additionally, the bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require an IHE that requests or receives a religious exemption from title IX to publish, on its website, certain information with respect to such exemption.

## Cosponsors (21)

- Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2016-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2016-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2016-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2016-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2016-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA), 2016-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2016-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2016-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2016-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2016-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2016-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2016-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-5265 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5265)

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