Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Act

Summary

Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Act This bill amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights to publish, on its website, the names of institutions of higher education (IHEs) that request and IHEs that receive religious exemptions from title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. (Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities.) Additionally, the bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require an IHE that requests, receives, exercises, or intends to exercise a religious exemption from title IX to publish, on its website, certain information with respect to such exemption.

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Timeline

1. 28 July 2017

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 28 July 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 28 July 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 28 July 2017 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 28 July 2017

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 28 July 2017

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 July 2017

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Sponsors

• Katherine Clark · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Mark Takano · D · Cosponsor
• Barbara Lee · D · Cosponsor
• Alan Lowenthal · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] · D · Cosponsor
• Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Kathleen Rice · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · D · Cosponsor
• JOSE SERRANO · D · Cosponsor
• LOUISE SLAUGHTER · D · Cosponsor
• Jackie Speier · D · Cosponsor
• Eric Swalwell · D · Cosponsor
• Paul Tonko · D · Cosponsor
• Raúl Grijalva · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Sean Maloney · D · Cosponsor
• · hsed00 · Standing

Related records

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• related to ← Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Act