To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of higher education from requiring ideological oaths or similar statements, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6848.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRENSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 209, December 19, 2023, Page H6998):
  Section 8 of article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of higher education from requiring ideological oaths or similar statements, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 19, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6848, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6848

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 5, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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