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To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to recoup certain payments of Federal financial assistance.
Summary
This bill amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen enforcement of civil rights violations by recipients of federal financial assistance. When an entity is found to be in noncompliance with civil rights requirements, the bill changes the sanction from affecting only the specific noncompliant program to affecting the entire program or activity of that entity. The bill requires recipients in noncompliance to repay to the federal government the full amount of federal financial assistance provided for any fiscal year during which noncompliance was found. Additionally, when a court issues an injunction for civil rights violations, all federal agencies must withhold federal financial assistance from the recipient until the recipient is certified as compliant or one year passes, whichever is earlier.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL] (R-FL)
Actions (2)
- Mar 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Mar 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 13, 2025
Mrs. Moody introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to recoup certain payments of Federal financial assistance.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Recouping Educational Contributions Linked to Antisemitic Institutional Misconduct Act” or the “RECLAIM Act”.
SEC. 2. EFFECT ON ENTIRE PROGRAM OF TERMINATION OF OR REFUSAL TO GRANT OR TO CONTINUE ASSISTANCE.
Section 602 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d-1) is amended, in paragraph (1) of the third sentence, by striking “shall be limited in its effect to the particular program, or part thereof, in which such noncompliance has been so found,” and inserting “shall apply to the entire program or activity in which such noncompliance has been so found,”.
SEC. 3. RECOUPING CERTAIN PAYMENTS OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Section 602 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d-1) is amended, in the third sentence—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(2) by inserting after “found,” the following: “(2) by requiring a recipient to repay the amount of any Federal financial assistance provided to the recipient for a program or activity for a fiscal year during which the recipient is found (in accordance with the procedures described in paragraph (1)) to be in such noncompliance concerning the program or activity (without regard to whether the Federal financial assistance has been expended), which shall be collected as a claim of the United States Government in accordance with chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code,”.
SEC. 4. LIMIT ON FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AFTER CERTAIN INJUNCTIONS.
Section 603 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d-2) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking “Any” and inserting “(a) Any”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(b) If a court issues an injunction in a case, for a claim in which a recipient of Federal financial assistance for a program or activity is alleged to be in violation of this title—
“(1) the Federal department or agency empowered to extend the Federal financial assistance shall not provide any Federal financial assistance to the recipient until the earlier of—
“(A) the date on which the court certifies that the recipient is in compliance with the injunction; or
“(B) the date that is 1 year after the date of issuance of the injunction;
“(2) the Federal department or agency shall notify the other Federal departments and agencies covered by this title of the injunction; and
“(3) those Federal departments and agencies shall not provide any Federal financial assistance to the recipient until the earlier of the dates specified in paragraph (1).”. <all>
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