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To amend the Department of Education Organization Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require publication of information relating to religious exemptions to the requirements of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-3574| House 
| Updated: 7/28/2017
Katherine M. Clark

Katherine M. Clark

Democratic Representative

Massachusetts

Cosponsors (16)
Barbara Lee (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Kathleen M. Rice (Democratic)Bill Foster (Democratic)Eric Swalwell (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)Mark Takano (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)Jose E. Serrano (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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
Jul 28, 2017
Introduced in House
Jul 28, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  • July 28, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • July 28, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Education programs fundingElementary and secondary educationGovernment information and archivesHigher educationReligionSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

To amend the Department of Education Organization Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require publication of information relating to religious exemptions to the requirements of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-3574| House 
| Updated: 7/28/2017
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
Jul 28, 2017
Introduced in House
Jul 28, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  • July 28, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • July 28, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Katherine M. Clark

Katherine M. Clark

Democratic Representative

Massachusetts

Cosponsors (16)
Barbara Lee (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Kathleen M. Rice (Democratic)Bill Foster (Democratic)Eric Swalwell (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)Mark Takano (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)Jose E. Serrano (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

Education

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Education programs fundingElementary and secondary educationGovernment information and archivesHigher educationReligionSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination