# 119-hr-5546: Combating Hate Across Campus Act

119-hr-5546, Combating Hate Across Campus Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5546
- Congress: 119
- Title: Combating Hate Across Campus Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Requires colleges to report hate crimes broken down by victims' identities.** The bill would amend the Higher Education Act so institutions collect and report hate-crime data by category of prejudice and disaggregate that data into subcategories that match the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Hate Crime Data Collection Guidelines and Training Manual. - Colleges and universities would need to update reporting systems to record and publish more granular subcategory data about who was targeted. This aligns campus reports with FBI categories. - Students and campus communities would get clearer information on which identity groups are being targeted, helping administrators design prevention and support measures. - Researchers, policymakers, and the public would receive more comparable campus-level hate-crime statistics for trend analysis and oversight.

## Provisions PRIA read

- New rules for college hate-crime reports: benefit, medium. If enacted, colleges and universities would need to report campus hate-crime stats in more detail. They would still report by prejudice category and also show subcategories for the targeted identity. The subcategories would follow the latest FBI hate-crime data guidelines. This would apply to schoo…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5546 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5546)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4714)
- [119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5658)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5546 (as of 2026-04-21).