,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #aia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,march #g1 #bjai,mr4
 ,david ,p4 ,roe of ,tennessee 7for     
himself1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1
 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4            
,loudermilk1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4          
,fleischmann1 ,mr4 ,byrne1 ,mr4         
,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,hunter1 ,mr4 ,grothman1 
,mr4 ,gosar1 ,mr4 ,rutherford1 ,mr4     
,gianforte1 ,mr4 ,allen1 ,mr4 ,hice of  
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,walberg1 ,mr4           
,luetkemeyer1 ,mr4 ,norman1 ,mr4 ,kelly 
of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,kustoff of      
,tennessee1 and ,mr4 ,hudson7 submitted 
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on ,education
 and ,labor1 and in addition to the     
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,,resolution       
,expressing the sense of the ,house of  

,representatives relating to protecting 
freedom of speech1 thought1 and         
expression at institutions of higher    
education4  ,whereas in ,healy v4       
,james1 #djh ,u4,s4 #afi 7#aigb71 the   
,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states  
held that the ,first ,amendment applies 
in full force on public college and     
university campuses2 ,whereas in ,widmar
 v4 ,vincent1 #ded ,u4,s4 #bfc 7#aiha71 
the ,supreme ,court of the ,united      
,states observed that the campus of a   
public university1 at least for its     
students1 possesses many of the         
characteristics of a public forum2      
,whereas lower ,federal courts have also
 held that the open1 outdoor areas of   
public college and university campuses  
are public forums2 ,whereas section     
#aab7;a77#b7 of the ,higher ,education  
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4            
#ajaa;a7a77#b77 contains a sense of     
,congress noting that an institution of 
higher education should facilitate the  
free and open exchange of ideas1        

students should not be intimidated1     
harassed1 discouraged from speaking out1
 or discriminated against1 students     
should be treated equally and fairly1   
and nothing in this paragraph shall be  
construed to modify1 change1 or infringe
 upon any constitutionally protected    
religious liberty1 freedom1 expression1 
or association2 ,whereas despite the    
clarity of the applicable legal         
precedent and the vital importance of   
protecting our ,nation's public colleges
 as true marketplaces of ideas1 the     
,foundation for ,individual ,rights in  
,education has found that roughly #a in 
#aj of ,america's top colleges and      
universities quarantine student         
expression to so-called free speech     
zones1 that more than #bj speakers were 
disinvited from speaking on campuses in 
#bjaf1 and a survey of #ddi schools     
found that almost #dj percent maintain  
severely restrictive speech codes that  
clearly and substantially prohibit      
constitutionally protected speech2      

,whereas according to the ,american     
,civil ,liberties ,union1 ,speech codes 
adopted by government-financed state    
colleges and universities amount to     
government censorship1 in violation of  
the ,constitution4 ,and the ,,aclu      
believes that all campuses should adhere
 to ,first ,amendment principles because
 academic freedom is a bedrock of       
education in a free society42 ,whereas  
in ,december #bjad1 the ,university of  
,hawaii at ,hilo settled a lawsuit for  
#ej1jjj after it was sued in ,federal   
court for prohibiting students from     
protesting the ,national ,security      
,agency1 unless those students were     
standing in the institution's tiny1     
flood-prone free speech zone2 ,whereas  
in ,july #bjae1 ,california ,state      
,polytechnic ,university1 ,pomona1      
settled a lawsuit for #ce1jjj after it  
was sued in ,federal court for          
prohibiting a student from handing out  
flyers about animal abuse outside of the
 school's free speech zone1 comprising  

less than #j4ja percent of campus2      
,whereas in ,may #bjaf1 a               
student-plaintiff settled her lawsuit   
against ,texas' ,blinn ,college for     
#ej1jjj after administrators told her   
she needed special permission to        
advocate for ,second ,amendment rights  
outside of the school's tiny free speech
 zone2 ,whereas in ,september #bjaf1 two
 students from the ,kellogg ,community  
,college in ,battle ,creek1 ,michigan1  
were arrested for handing out copies of 
the ,constitution while talking with    
their fellow students on a sidewalk2    
,whereas a policy of the ,los ,angeles  
,community ,college ,district--the      
largest community college district in   
the country--declares that all of its   
campuses are considered non-public      
forums1 except for those portions of    
each college designated as ,free ,speech
 ,areas are hereby designated as limited
 public forums1 which designation may be
 removed and reverted to non-public     
forum designation by the ,board of      

,trustees42 ,whereas in ,march #bjag1 a 
student sued officials of ,los ,angeles 
,pierce ,college and the ,los ,angeles  
,community ,college ,district after     
administrators at ,pierce ,college told 
him that he could not distribute        
,spanish-language copies of the         
,constitution on campus unless he was   
standing in the college's free speech   
zone1 which comprises approximately     
4#jjc percent of the total area of      
,pierce ,college's #dbf acres2 ,whereas 
the ,states of ,virginia1 ,missouri1    
,arizona1 ,kentucky1 ,colorado1 and     
,utah have passed legislation           
prohibiting public colleges and         
universities from quarantining          
expressive activities on the open       
outdoor areas of campuses to            
misleadingly labeled free speech zones2 
,whereas free speech zones have been    
used to restrict political speech from  
all parts of the political spectrum1 and
 have thus inhibited the free exchange  
of ideas at campuses across the country2

 and ,whereas in ,march #bjag1          
,middlebury ,college students and       
protesters from the community prevented 
an invited speaker from giving his      
presentation and then attacked his car  
and assaulted a professor as the two    
attempted to leave1 resulting in the    
professor suffering a concussion3 ,now1 
therefore1 be it  ,that it is the sense 
of the ,house of ,representatives that--
 7#a7 free speech zones and restrictive 
speech codes are inherently at odds with
 the freedom of speech guaranteed by the
 ,first ,amendment of the ,constitution2
 and  7#b7 institutions of higher       
education should facilitate and recommit
 themselves to protecting the free and  
open exchange of ideas4