119-s1069

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1069 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1069

 To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to recoup certain payments of 
 Federal financial assistance.

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 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

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 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) .''.
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