H.R.6806 - Antisemitism Response and Prevention Act of 2025

H.R 6806 was introduced on 17 December, 2025 by Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12). It is currently pending before the House Judiciary committee, the Committees on Education and Workforce, Homeland Security, and Transportation and Infrastructure. 

Related legislation: H.R. 1007 (119th Congress), S.558 (119th Congress), H.R. 5001 (19th Congress), H.R. 6186 (119th Congress), H.R. 1033 (119th Congress), S.4576 (119th Congress)

Bill Summary: H.R. 6806 establishes a comprehensive federal framework to counter antisemitism while protecting civil liberties, academic freedom, and constitutionally protected speech. The Bill directs the Department of Justice to create a nonpartisan Office of the National Coordinator to Counter Antisemitism to coordinate and evaluate federal efforts under the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. It strengthens civil rights enforcement on college campuses by requiring institutions receiving federal funds to designate Title VI coordinators, improve transparency and reporting of discrimination complaints, and clearly distinguish unlawful harassment from protected political expression. The Bill increases funding and oversight for the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, creates an FBI Hate Crime Reporting Center to improve hate crime data collection and public reporting, expands and protects the Nonprofit Security Grant Program while prohibiting politically motivated grant conditions, and mandates regular reporting to Congress on antisemitism, hate crimes, extremist ideologies, and domestic terrorism

Context: H.R. 6806 aims to fight antisemitism while explicitly attempting to prevent the weaponization Jewish security that has chilled Palestinian advocacy and undermined American democratic values. Other efforts, including the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025 and Jewish American Security Act of 2026, conflate criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism, raising serious free speech concerns and likely exacerbating antisemitic backlash. H.R. 6806 instead reinforces that antisemitism must be addressed without undermining constitutional protections, academic freedom, or legitimate political expression.

H.R.6806 takes a more balanced approach to addressing antisemitism than other proposed legislation, however H.R.6806 risks isolating marginalized groups rather than building comprehensive reforms that equally protect all vulnerable communities. Fighting antisemitism cannot be done in the absence of protecting Black Americans, Arab Americans, or any other group. Legislation which is designed and/or named to develop unique security protections for a single community undermines our collective civil rights framework and principles. Even as this Bill focuses on mechanisms that would in theory apply equally under Title IV, doing so under the explicit and exclusive concern of antisemitism raises concerns of unequal application of these mechanisms, particularly when the executive branch has used politicized definitions of antisemitism to weaponize anti-hate enforcement.

This Bill also establishes a new FBI Hate Crime Reporting Center, enhances reporting on extremist ideologies and domestic terrorism, expands the National Security Grant Program, and requires campus Title VI coordinators. These changes have the potential to allow both Congress and individual institutions to more meaningfully assess and respond to the rise in hate-based attacks and discrimination. However, couching these mandates in language about antisemitism alone signals that antisemitism should be their primary concern, undermining the equal protections framework of our civil rights legislation. 

American Values Analysis: By combating antisemitism without infringing on First Amendment rights or academic freedom, the Bill aligns with core American democratic values. However, through focusing exclusively on antisemitism, the bill risks inadvertently undermining the equal protection of marginalized communities. 

American Interest Analysis: H.R. 6806 largely advances American interests by demonstrating that the United States is committed to combating hate-based violence in a principled and effective manner. The Bill provides an international example of how to counter antisemitism without conflating defense of Palestinian human rights or self-determination with antisemitic intent. Without amendment, however, this Bill has the potential to undermine the safety of all Americans by fragmenting the Civil Rights act, including Jewish Americans, who depend on its assurance of equal protections. 

A New Policy’s Recommendation: SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENT

A New Policy supports H.R. 6806 because it meaningfully addresses rising antisemitism while avoiding the conflation of legitimate criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism. With an amendment clarifying that these mechanisms must apply equally to all members of protected classes, H.R.6806 could take significant steps to counter not only rising antisemitism but all religion/shared ancestry-based discrimination in the United States.

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