Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2555 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2555 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for certain freedom of association protections, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 1, 2025 Mrs. Houchin (for herself and Mr. Garcia of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for certain freedom of association protections, and for other purposes. 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 ``Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PURPOSES. (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are as follows: (1) Protect any student in a single-sex social organization or any single-sex social organization from any adverse action by an institution of higher education based solely on the membership practice of such organization of limiting membership only to individuals of one sex. (2) Ensure any student in a single-sex social organization or any single-sex social organization is treated without bias in comparison to students at an institution of higher education who do not participate in single-sex social organizations, or other social organizations at an institution of higher education that are not single-sex. (3) Protect the rights of students to freely associate with and participate in social organizations, including single-sex social organizations. SEC. 3. FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION PROTECTIONS FOR STUDENTS IN SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS. Part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq.) is amended by adding at