Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Tim Scott
Introduced
Summary
Anchors Title VI enforcement to the IHRA working definition of antisemitism. This bill would direct the Department of Education to consider the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition and examples when reviewing complaints of discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs that receive federal funds.
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- Jewish students: Jewish K‑12 and college students would have a clearer, uniform standard for when harassment or discrimination is evaluated as antisemitic under civil rights law.
- Schools and colleges: Institutions that receive federal funds would be assessed using the IHRA definition as part of Title VI investigations.
- Department of Education: The department would formally apply the IHRA definition and its examples when deciding whether alleged conduct was motivated by antisemitism.
- Legal protections: The bill includes rules to preserve First Amendment protections and existing harassment standards while guiding how investigators use the antisemitism definition.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Enforce Title VI against antisemitism
If enacted, the bill would tell federal education civil‑rights authorities to enforce Title VI against antisemitic discrimination when it is based on race, color, or national origin. It would make the IHRA working definition the definition those agencies must consider in investigations and reviews. The Department of Education would have to take that definition into account when assessing motive in Title VI cases involving Jewish ancestry or ethnicity. The bill would say that sharing a religion does not by itself remove Title VI protection. These rules would take effect upon enactment.
First Amendment rights preserved
If enacted, the bill would say it does not give the Secretary of Education more authority. It would not change the legal standards for when harassing conduct is actionable discrimination. The bill would not shrink any rights under other laws in effect at enactment. It would also preserve First Amendment protections.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Tim Scott
SC • R
Cosponsors
Jacky Rosen
NV • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
James Lankford
OK • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Charles Schumer
NY • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Lindsey Graham
SC • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Richard Blumenthal
CT • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Rick Scott
FL • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Maggie Hassan
NH • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Susan Collins
ME • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Shelley Capito
WV • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Ruben Gallego
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
John Barrasso
WY • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
John Hickenlooper
CO • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Mike Crapo
ID • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Ron Wyden
OR • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Katie Britt
AL • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Christopher Coons
DE • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
John Cornyn
TX • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Tom Cotton
AR • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Michael Bennet
CO • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
John Boozman
AR • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Maria Cantwell
WA • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Pete Ricketts
NE • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
John Fetterman
PA • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Chuck Grassley
IA • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Adam Schiff
CA • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Kevin Cramer
ND • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Elissa Slotkin
MI • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Mark Warner
VA • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Deb Fischer
NE • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Gary Peters
MI • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Steve Daines
MT • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Cory Booker
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Cynthia Lummis
WY • R
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Mark Kelly
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
David McCormick
PA • R
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Alex Padilla
CA • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
John Thune
SD • R
Sponsored 3/13/2025
Bill Cassidy
LA • R
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Joni Ernst
IA • R
Sponsored 5/5/2025
James Justice
WV • R
Sponsored 5/5/2025
Ashley Moody
FL • R
Sponsored 5/5/2025
Dan Sullivan
AK • R
Sponsored 7/28/2025
Mike Rounds
SD • R
Sponsored 10/8/2025
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