Search Results: keywords:"civil rights violations"

  • H. R. 7314 — To create a task force within the Department of Commerce to oversee and promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the tech industry.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,683

    H.R. 7314, titled the "Diversify Tech Act," aims to establish a task force within the Department of Commerce to oversee diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the tech industry. This task force will be made up of various government officials and temporary members with...

    Simple Explanation

    The Diversify Tech Act is a plan to create a special group of people to make sure everyone is treated fairly and gets a chance to work in tech jobs, especially people from different backgrounds. They will help check how tech companies are doing and support little companies owned by people from different groups.

  • H. R. 8914 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose penalties with respect to civil rights violations by certain tax-exempt educational institutions.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,522

    H.R. 8914, titled the "University Accountability Act," proposes amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to penalize specific tax-exempt educational institutions for civil rights violations. The bill introduces a penalty for these institutions when found by a federal court to have...

    Simple Explanation

    The University Accountability Act wants schools that don't pay taxes to pay money if they break rules about treating people fairly. If they keep breaking these rules, the government might ask if they should still get a special tax break.

  • H. R. 8468 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to terminate the eligibility of certain individuals for student loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:465

    H. R. 8468 proposes changes to the Higher Education Act of 1965 by ending student loan forgiveness for individuals who are either expelled from or fired by a college or university for certain reasons. These reasons include being involved in hate crimes, disorderly conduct,...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill wants to stop forgiving student loans for people who get in trouble and are kicked out or fired from their school for doing bad things like causing trouble or breaking the law. If these people get in trouble, they will have to pay back their loans in 10 years.

  • H. R. 8914 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose penalties with respect to civil rights violations by certain tax-exempt educational institutions.
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    Status:Reported in House
    Words:1,707

    H.R. 8914, titled the "University Accountability Act," aims to amend the Internal Revenue Code to enforce penalties on certain tax-exempt educational institutions that violate civil rights as determined by a federal court. If a school is judged to have violated civil rights, it must pay a...

    Simple Explanation

    The "University Accountability Act" is like a rule that says if a special kind of school does something wrong, like breaking a rule about treating people fairly, they might have to pay a lot of money, kind of like a big fine. If they keep doing bad things, they might not get to keep their special money-saving status anymore, and they need to tell everyone when they've been bad to be honest about it.