S. 4091 · 118th Congress

Creates a White House coordinator and task force to counter antisemitism

Official title: Countering Antisemitism Act1

Never got a floor vote

§1What it does

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This bill would create a National Coordinator to Counter Antisemitism in the Executive Office of the President, to advise the President and coordinate federal efforts, along with an interagency task force led by the coordinator.2,3 It would require federal agencies to report on how they are carrying out the 2023 U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, and have the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Counterterrorism Center produce a yearly threat assessment of antisemitic violent extremism.3 The Education Department would have to name a senior civil rights official to focus on antisemitic discrimination at colleges and report each year on unresolved complaints of discrimination based on national origin, including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics.3 It also includes a nonbinding statement that federal, state and local agencies should use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism, calls for yearly studies of online antisemitism and a study of Holocaust education in public schools, and designates May as Jewish American Heritage Month.3

§2Status

StatusLatest action, April 9, 2024: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.1
IntroducedApril 9, 2024
SponsorSen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Cosponsors38 cosponsors (17 Republican, 20 Democratic, 1 independent)
Official recordS. 4091 on Congress.gov

§3It never got a vote

Why this matters: This bill had wide support from both parties, but it never reached the House or Senate floor, so no member of Congress was ever recorded voting for or against it.

Latest action, April 9, 2024: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.1 How bills die without a vote.

2026 candidates who sponsored or cosponsored it (8)