# 119-hr-3518: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit graduate medical schools from receiving Federal financial assistance if such schools adopt certain policies and requirements relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

119-hr-3518, To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit graduate medical schools from receiving Federal financial assistance if such schools adopt certain policies and requirements relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3518
- Congress: 119
- Title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit graduate medical schools from receiving Federal financial assistance if such schools adopt certain policies and requirements relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-20
- Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Ties federal funding for graduate medical education to bans on certain DEI policies.** The bill would require graduate medical schools to certify they do not coerce faculty, staff, or students to adopt specified Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion tenets, that they will comply with key civil rights laws, and that accrediting bodies do not condition accreditation on disallowed policies. - Graduate medical schools would need to submit certifications to keep federal funds and participation in federally funded or guaranteed student loan programs. Failure to certify would make them ineligible for those federal supports. - Students and faculty would be shielded from institutional requirements to state or adopt particular views about race, sex, religion, color, or national origin and from being deprived of educational opportunities on those bases. - Accrediting agencies that evaluate graduate medical education would have to demonstrate to the Education Secretary that accreditation is not conditioned on policies that conflict with these certification requirements.

## Cosponsors (16)

- Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3] (R-MO), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] (R-TX), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (R-NC), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] (R-TX), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (R-TX), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC), 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY), 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Defines banned diversity statements and offices: benefit, low. This would define a “diversity statement” as words that claim a group is superior or inferior, call for treatment based on race, sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin, or assign collective guilt. It would define a “diversity office” as a school unit that directs or forces people to express idea…
- Protects teaching, research, and religious freedom: benefit, low. This would not block schools from teaching about medical needs tied to sex, race, or other traits. Schools could collect demographic data for information. Religious schools would not have to act against their faith. It would not generally limit free speech, academic instruction, research, student g…
- Medical schools risk federal aid over diversity rules: cost, high. Graduate medical schools would need to certify certain policies to keep any federal funds, including access to federal student loans. They would need to follow civil rights laws, not force students, faculty, or staff to adopt certain beliefs, not require courses that compel those beliefs, not opera…
- Accreditors could not require diversity policies: mixed, low. Accrediting agencies for medical training would need to show the Education Secretary they do not require schools to adopt policies barred by this bill as a condition of accreditation. This could change how accreditors review programs and could affect which schools stay accredited.

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- 119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 119-hr-404: Hearing Protection Act
- 119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act
- 119-hr-45: FIND Act
- 119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-3518 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3518)

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- [119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1628)
- [119-hr-404: Hearing Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-404)
- [119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-425)
- [119-hr-45: FIND Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-45)
- [119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1502)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3518 (as of 2026-04-21).