Define to Defeat Act of 2025
The Define to Defeat Act of 2025 requires U.S. federal agencies to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) 2016 definition of antisemitism in all anti-discrimination training materials and jury instructions for cases involving antisemitism. It directs federal departments to consider whether civil rights violations (under laws like the Civil Rights Act of 1964) were motivated by antisemitism when reviewing cases involving Jewish identity. The bill affects federal agencies, courts, and civil rights enforcement, standardizing how antisemitism is recognized in existing legal frameworks without expanding agency authority or altering civil rights standards.
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Jun 2025
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Introduced Jun 23, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Jun 23, 2025
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