# 119-s-982: No Tax Dollars for College Encampments Act of 2025

119-s-982, No Tax Dollars for College Encampments Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-982
- Congress: 119
- Title: No Tax Dollars for College Encampments Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-12
- Sponsor: Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Would require colleges to publish and accreditors to enforce campus civil disturbance response policies.** The bill would make institutions include policies for handling demonstrations, riots, or strikes in their annual campus safety reports and would require accrediting agencies to monitor schools for compliance. - Institutions of higher education that participate in federal student aid programs would have to add a clear policy on responding to civil disturbances to their annual security report. This must describe coordination with state, local, and campus law enforcement. - Students and campus communities would get a public statement on how demonstrations, strikes, or riots are handled and who coordinates responses. That information affects expectations about safety and who may intervene during disruptions. - Accrediting agencies would need to include monitoring of these disclosure requirements in their oversight procedures. Schools could face accreditation consequences if they do not comply.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE), 2025-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Colleges must disclose protest responses: benefit, medium. If enacted, colleges would have to publish how they would respond to campus protests, strikes, or riots. The bill would define these incidents as unrest that disrupts campus life or learning. Colleges would have to say they will coordinate responses with State, local, and campus law enforcement. Ac…

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- 119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act
- 119-s-4378: Protecting American Taxpayers Act
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-s-275: Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS) Act of 2025
- 119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-982 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/982)

## Related
- [119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4952)
- [119-s-4378: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4378)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-292)
- [119-s-275: Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS)…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-275)
- [119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-554)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-982 (as of 2025-12-21).