A bill to strengthen Federal efforts to counter antisemitism in the United States and protect the Jewish community.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4576 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4576 To strengthen Federal efforts to counter antisemitism in the United States and protect the Jewish community. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 19, 2026 Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Risch, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Young, Ms. Slotkin, and Mr. Schatz) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To strengthen Federal efforts to counter antisemitism in the United States and protect the Jewish community. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Jewish American Security Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Statement of policy. Sec. 4. Protecting Jewish students. Sec. 5. Securing Jewish communities. Sec. 6. Documenting online antisemitism. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Antisemitism, which is often called ``the oldest hatred'', is a serious and growing danger for the Jewish community in the United States and around the world. (2) Antisemitism has unique characteristics, including the evolving use of conspiracy theories that blame the various ills of society on Jewish people or attribute to Jewish individuals a variety of evil and harmful characteristics, as well as the portrayal of Jewish people as too powerful or controlling and deserving of hatred and mistrust. (3) Antisemitism also exists when Jewish individuals are held responsible for the policies of the Israeli governme