To provide a definition of antisemitism for the enforcement of covered civil rights laws.
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Latest Action · April 11, 2024
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The Define to Defeat Act of 2024 would require federal agencies and courts to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's 2016 definition of antisemitism when enforcing civil rights laws and investigating discrimination cases. The bill mandates that federal departments include this definition in anti-discrimination training materials and that courts instruct juries about it in cases involving alleged antisemitism. The legislation applies to enforcement of major civil rights laws including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and laws protecting equal educational opportunities. The bill includes protections stating it does not expand federal agencies' enforcement authority, change existing legal standards, or restrict First Amendment rights. There is no specific funding or implementation timeline mentioned in the legislation.
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