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H. Rept. 118-468 1 (2024-04-26)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxagdb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION O 118TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-468 RESPECTING THE FIRST AMENDMENT ON CAMPUS ACT APRIL 26, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Ms. Foxx, from the Committee on Education and the Workforce, submitted the following REPORT together with MINORITY VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 7683] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Education and the Workforce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 7683) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to adopt and ad- here to principles of free speech, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. The Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is amended by insert- ing after section 112 the following new section: SEC. 112A. SENSE OF CONGRESS; CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITION. (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.- (1) ADOPTION OF CHICAGO PRINCIPLES.-The Congress- (A) recognizes that free expression, open inquiry, and the honest ex- change of ideas are fundamental to higher education; (B) acknowledges the profound contribution of the Chicago Principles to the freedom of speech and expression; and (C) calls on nonsectarian institutions of higher education to adopt the Chicago Principles or substantially similar principles with respect to insti- tutional mission that emphasizes a commitment to freedom of speech and 49-006