House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PROTECT Jewish Student and Faculty Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education, as a condition of participation in programs under title IV of such Act, to include a prohibition of antisemitic conduct in all documents relating to student or employee conduct.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jan 15, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 406.
- 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. 171, No. 8, January 15, 2025, Page H186):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 406, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/406
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). 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
8 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Max Miller (R-OH), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rudy Yakym.
- H.R. 573 (119th) Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act
- H.R. 647 (119th) Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025
- H.R. 7655 (119th) Support for Expectant and Parenting Foster Youth Act
- H.R. 9719 (119th) Federal Lands Lawful Carry Act
- H.Res. 588 (119th) Condemning the slogan "Globalize the Intifada" as a call to violence against Israeli and Jewish people across the world and urging United…
- H.R. 6509 (119th) SAFE Drugs Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.