House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
PROTECT Jewish Student and Faculty Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 29, 2024
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Feb 29, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7478.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YAKYM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 37, February 29, 2024, Page H772):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation would condition Title IV financial aid funds, authorized under the Higher Education Act, on the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism in university student and employee codes of conduct.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 29, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 361 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7478, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7478
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
16 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 16 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Jerry Carl (R-AL), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Russell Fry (R-SC), Jared Golden (D-ME), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Brandon Williams (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rudy Yakym.
- H.R. 8342 (118th) Improper Payments Transparency Act
- H.R. 4762 (118th) To amend title 49, United States Code, to extend the non-premium war risk insurance program.
- H.R. 3624 (118th) Travel Trailer and Camper Tax Parity Act
- H.R. 6129 (118th) Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act
- H.R. 3998 (118th) Jackie Walorski Enhancing Necessary Data on Illegal School Bus Passing Act
- H.R. 6950 (118th) Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.