Foxx, Gottheimer Aim to Restrict Federal Funding to Colleges that Boycott Israel

Foxx, Gottheimer reintroduce anti-BDS bill

“The antisemitic rot that has corroded college campuses must be eradicated,” stated Rep. Virginia Foxx. “Enough is enough.”The post Foxx, Gottheimer reintroduce anti-BDS bill appeared first on JNS.org.

AIPAC-Funded Reps Propose Bill to Block Financial Aid at Colleges Boycotting Israel

💡Share this on X or Bluesky!As universities face growing pressure from students and faculty to cut ties with Israel over its war in Gaza, a pair of heavily AIPAC-funded members of Congress have introduced legislation that would punish universities for responding to those demands. On Tuesday, Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) introduced the Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2025, a bill that would cut off feder…

Foxx, Gottheimer aim to restrict federal funding to colleges that boycott Israel

Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) introduced legislation on Tuesday that would make colleges that engage in a “nonexpressive commercial boycott” of Israel ineligible to receive federal student aid funding. The legislation, the Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act, would require schools to certify annually that they are not engaged in such boycotts, and would instruct the Department of Education to annually publish a list…