United States HR 7725: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit graduate medical schools from receiving Federal financial assistance if such schools adopt certain policies and requirements relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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118TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 7725
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit graduate medical
schools from receiving Federal financial assistance if such schools adopt
certain policies and requirements relating to diversity, equity, and inclu-
sion.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 19, 2024
Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. WENSTRUP, Ms.
VAN DUYNE, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. BABIN, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. JACK-
SON of Texas, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. SELF, Ms. GREENE of Georgia, Ms.
TENNEY, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. WILSON of South
Carolina, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Geor-
gia, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr.
WILLIAMS of New York, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. KELLY of
Pennsylvania, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. BISHOP of North
Carolina, Mr. BENTZ, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Mrs. MILLER-
MEEKS, Mr. HERN, and Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit
graduate medical schools from receiving Federal financial
assistance if such schools adopt certain policies and re-
quirements relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 1
CERTAIN GRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS. 2
Part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 3
(20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 4
the following: 5
‘‘SEC. 124. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 6
CERTAIN GRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS. 7
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-8
sion of law, no graduate medical school at an institution 9
of higher education shall be eligible to receive funds or 10
any other form of financial assistance under any Federal 11
program, including participation in any federally funded 12
or guaranteed student loan program, unless the institution 13
certifies to the Secretary that the institution does not, and 14
will not, do any of the following: 15
‘‘(1) Direct, compel, or incentivize students, 16
faculty, or staff of the medical school to personally 17
state, pledge, recite, affirm, or otherwise adopt any 18
of the following tenets: 19
‘‘(A) That any sex, race, ethnicity, religion, 20
color, or national origin makes an individual a 21
member of oppressed or oppressor categories. 22
‘‘(B) That individuals should be adversely 23
treated on the basis of their sex, race, ethnicity, 24
religion, color, or national origin. 25
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‘‘(C) That individuals, by virtue of sex, 1
race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national ori-2
gin, are inherently responsible for actions com-3
mitted in the past by other members of the 4
same sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or na-5
tional origin. 6
‘‘(D) That America is systemically, struc-7
turally, or institutionally racist, or that racism 8
is weaved into the ‘ordinary business of society’, 9
or that America is an oppressive nation. 10
‘‘(2) Take any action that would deprive or 11
tend to deprive a medical student of educational op-12
portunities or otherwise adversely affect their status 13
as a student, on the basis of race, color, or ethnicity, 14
including— 15
‘‘(A) making a distinction or classification 16
of medical school students on the basis of race, 17
color, or ethnicity; 18
‘‘(B) establishing a privilege or benefit for 19
students solely on the basis of race, color, or 20
ethnicity; 21
‘‘(C) providing a course of instruction for 22
students solely on the basis of race, color, or 23
ethnicity; or 24
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‘‘(D) otherwise distinguising students by 1
race, color, or ethnicity. 2
‘‘(3) Require a course of instruction or unit of 3
study at the medical school directing or otherwise 4
compelling students, faculty, or staff to personally 5
state, pledge, recite, affirm, or otherwise adopt any 6
of the tenets specified in paragraph (1). 7
‘‘(4) Establish, maintain, or contract with a di-8
versity, equity, and inclusion office, or any other 9
functional equivalent of such an office, to serve the 10
medical school. 11
‘‘(5) Require or incentivize an individual to 12
complete a diversity statement professing or adher-13
ing to diversity, equity, and inclusion as a condition 14
of, or benefit in, admission or employment at such 15
school. 16
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 17
‘‘(1) DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION OF-1