,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #f1        
#bjad,mr4 ,roskam 7for himself and ,mr4 
,lipinski7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,higher ,education ,act of #aife to     
prohibit an institution that            
participates in a boycott of ,israeli   
academic institutions or scholars from  
being eligible for certain funds under  
that ,act4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,protect ,academic  
,freedom ,act4  #b4 ,ineligibility of   
institutions of higher education        
participating in a boycott of ,israeli  
academic institutions or scholars  7a7  
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,israel is a vital ,american ally 
and a fellow democracy that fosters free
 speech4  7#b7 ,attempts to single out  
,israel for discriminatory boycotts     
violates the principle of academic      

freedom guaranteed by the ,united       
,states4  7b7 ,ineligibility ,subtitle  
,b of title ,i of the ,higher ,education
 ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajaa et  
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   
the following new section3  #abd4       
,ineligibility of institutions          
participating in a boycott of ,israeli  
academic institutions or scholars  7a7  
,ineligibility ,notwithstanding any     
other provision of law1 an institution  
of higher education shall not be        
eligible to receive funds or any other  
form of financial assistance under this 
,act if the ,secretary determines that  
such institution is participating in a  
boycott of ,israeli academic            
institutions or scholars4  7b7          
,determination of ineligible            
institutions  7#a7 ,criteria ,for       
purposes of this section1 the ,secretary
 shall consider an institution of higher
 education to be participating in a     
boycott of ,israeli academic            
institutions or scholars if the         

institution1 any significant part of the
 institution1 or any organization       
significantly funded by the institution 
adopts a policy or resolution1 issues a 
statement1 or otherwise formally        
establishes the restriction of          
discourse1 cooperation1 exchange1 or any
 other involvement with academic        
institutions or scholars on the basis of
 the connection of such institutions or 
such scholars to the ,state of ,israel4 
7#b7 ,public availability of list2      
notification ,not later than ,may #a of 
each year1 the ,secretary shall-- 7,a7  
identify and make publicly available a  
list of all institutions of higher      
education participating in a boycott of 
,israeli academic institutions or       
scholars1 as described in paragraph     
7#a72 and  7,b7 notify each institution 
of higher education identified in       
accordance with subparagraph 7,a7 of the
 identification of such institution as  
an institution participating in a       
boycott of ,israeli academic            

institutions or scholars4  7c7 ,waiver  
,not later than #cj days after receiving
 a notification under subsection 7b77#b7
 that an institution of higher education
 has been identified as an institution  
participating in a boycott of ,israeli  
academic institutions or scholars1 such 
institution may request the ,secretary  
to waive the restriction applicable to  
such institution under subsection 7a74  
,the ,secretary may waive the           
restriction for such institution if the 
,secretary considers a waiver           
appropriate4  7d7 ,inapplicability to   
student financial aid funds ,the        
prohibition under subsection 7a7 shall  
not apply to any funds available under  
this ,act for student financial aid1 as 
determined by the ,secretary4  7e7      
,restoration of eligibility for ceasing 
of boycott ,the prohibition under       
subsection 7a7 shall cease to apply to  
any institution of higher education that
 the ,secretary determines has ceased   
participating in a boycott of ,israeli  

academic institutions or scholars4  4