US Congress Senate Bill 10 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on December 2 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-12-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016 (Sec. 4) This bill requires the Department of Education, when reviewing whether there has been a violation of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance) based on an individual's actual or perceived shared Jewish ancestry or Jewish ethnic characteristics, to consider the definition of "anti-Semitism" as part of its assessment of whether the alleged practice was motivated by anti-Semitic intent. For purposes of this bill, the definition of "anti-Semitism" is the definition set forth by the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism of the Department of State in the Fact Sheet issued on June 8, 2010, as adapted from the Working Definition of Anti-Semitism of the European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia (now known as the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights). (Sec. 5) Nothing in this bill shall be construed to diminish or infringe upon any right protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution.

Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016

Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]
Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-12-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2016-12-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2016-12-02	House	Received in the House.
2016-12-02	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2016-12-01	Senate	Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6649-6650; text as passed Senate: CR S6650)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/10/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s10/BILLS-114s10es.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s10/BILLS-114s10cps.pdf