Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026 (campus boycott penalty)
House Bill, H.R. 4795
What it did
H.R. 4795, sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), amends the Higher Education Act so that a college or university that participates in a commercial boycott of Israel loses eligibility for federal student-aid funds, and it requires institutions to certify that students are not obstructed from joining academic programs in Israel.
The penalty reaches any school whose trustees act on a student divestment vote. A yes vote tied federal student aid to a school's position on Israel.
A no vote kept the two separate.
The House passed it 237-169 on September 3, 2026.
At the time of this vote, more than 73,800 innocent people had been confirmed murdered in Gaza, including more than 21,700 children by UNICEF's count.
Result: Passed 237-169
At the time of this vote: ~73,800+ innocent people murdered (~21,700+ young children murdered)
The humane vote: No (NAY)
Members in this record who voted inhumanely (230)
Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Mark Alford (R-MO)
Rick Allen (R-GA)
Mark Amodei (R-NV)
Jodey Arrington (R-TX)
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)
Brian Babin (R-TX)
Don Bacon (R-NE)
James Baird (R-IN)
Troy Balderson (R-OH)
Andy Barr (R-KY)
Tom Barrett (R-MI)
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA)
Aaron Bean (R-FL)
Nick Begich (R-AK)
Cliff Bentz (R-OR)
Jack Bergman (R-MI)
Stephanie Bice (R-OK)
Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
Sheri Biggs (R-SC)
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)
Mike Bost (R-IL)
Josh Brecheen (R-OK)
Robert Bresnahan (R-PA)
Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Tim Burchett (R-TN)
Eric Burlison (R-MO)
Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Kat Cammack (R-FL)
Mike Carey (R-OH)
Buddy Carter (R-GA)
John Carter (R-TX)
Kathy Castor (D-FL)
Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA)
Ben Cline (R-VA)
Michael Cloud (R-TX)
Andrew Clyde (R-GA)
Tom Cole (R-OK)
Mike Collins (R-GA)
James Comer (R-KY)
Jim Costa (D-CA)
Joe Courtney (D-CT)
Eli Crane (R-AZ)
Jeff Crank (R-CO)
Eric Crawford (R-AR)
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
Monica De La Cruz (R-TX)
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Don Davis (D-NC)
Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)
Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Troy Downing (R-MT)
Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
Beth Van Duyne (R-TX)
Chuck Edwards (R-NC)
Jake Ellzey (R-TX)
Tom Emmer (R-MN)
Matt Van Epps (R-TN)
Ron Estes (R-KS)
Gabe Evans (R-CO)
Mike Ezell (R-MS)
Pat Fallon (R-TX)
Julie Fedorchak (R-ND)
Randy Feenstra (R-IA)
Randy Fine (R-FL)
Brad Finstad (R-MN)
Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)
Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI)
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Charles Fleischmann (R-TN)
Mike Flood (R-NE)
Vince Fong (R-CA)
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
Lois Frankel (D-FL)
Scott Franklin (R-FL)
Russell Fry (R-SC)
Russ Fulcher (R-ID)
Andrew Garbarino (R-NY)
Brandon Gill (R-TX)
Laura Gillen (D-NY)
Carlos Gimenez (R-FL)
Jared Golden (D-ME)
Craig Goldman (R-TX)
Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
H. Griffith (R-VA)
Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
Michael Guest (R-MS)
Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
Harriet Hageman (R-WY)
Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ)
Mike Haridopolos (R-FL)
Pat Harrigan (R-NC)
Andy Harris (R-MD)
Mark Harris (R-NC)
Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
Kevin Hern (R-OK)
Clay Higgins (R-LA)
French Hill (R-AR)
Ashley Hinson (R-IA)
Erin Houchin (R-IN)
Richard Hudson (R-NC)
Bill Huizenga (R-MI)
Wesley Hunt (R-TX)
Jeff Hurd (R-CO)
Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Brian Jack (R-GA)
Ronny Jackson (R-TX)
John James (R-MI)
Dusty Johnson (R-SD)
Mike Johnson (R-LA)
Jim Jordan (R-OH)
Dave Joyce (R-OH)
John Joyce (R-PA)
Mike Kelly (R-PA)
Trent Kelly (R-MS)
Mike Kennedy (R-UT)
Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA)
Kevin Kiley (R-CA)
Brad Knott (R-NC)
David Kustoff (R-TN)
Darin LaHood (R-IL)
Nick LaLota (R-NY)
Greg Landsman (D-OH)
Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY)
George Latimer (D-NY)
Robert Latta (R-OH)
Michael Lawler (R-NY)
Laurel Lee (R-FL)
Susie Lee (D-NV)
Julia Letlow (R-LA)
Frank Lucas (R-OK)
Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL)
Morgan Luttrell (R-TX)
Nancy Mace (R-SC)
Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA)
Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
Celeste Maloy (R-UT)
Tracey Mann (R-KS)
John Mannion (D-NY)
Brian Mast (R-FL)
Lisa McClain (R-MI)
Tom McClintock (R-CA)
Rich McCormick (R-GA)
John McGuire (R-VA)
Mark Messmer (R-IN)
Daniel Meuser (R-PA)
Carol Miller (R-WV)
Max Miller (R-OH)
John Moolenaar (R-MI)
Barry Moore (R-AL)
Blake Moore (R-UT)
Riley Moore (R-WV)
Tim Moore (R-NC)
Nathaniel Moran (R-TX)
Jared Moskowitz (D-FL)
Greg Murphy (R-NC)
Troy Nehls (R-TX)
Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
Donald Norcross (D-NJ)
Ralph Norman (R-SC)
Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
Robert Onder (R-MO)
Derrick Van Orden (R-WI)
Burgess Owens (R-UT)
Gary Palmer (R-AL)
Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
Jimmy Patronis (R-FL)
Marie Perez (D-WA)
Scott Perry (R-PA)
August Pfluger (R-TX)
Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)
Josh Riley (D-NY)
Harold Rogers (R-KY)
Mike Rogers (R-AL)
John Rose (R-TN)
David Rouzer (R-NC)
Chip Roy (R-TX)
Michael A. Rulli (R-OH)
John Rutherford (R-FL)
Maria Salazar (R-FL)
Steve Scalise (R-LA)
Derek Schmidt (R-KS)
Bradley Schneider (D-IL)
Hillary Scholten (D-MI)
Kim Schrier (D-WA)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
David Schweikert (R-AZ)
David Scott (D-GA)
Keith Self (R-TX)
Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Brad Sherman (D-CA)
Jefferson Shreve (R-IN)
Michael Simpson (R-ID)
Adrian Smith (R-NE)
Chris Smith (R-NJ)
Jason Smith (R-MO)
Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
Darren Soto (D-FL)
Pete Stauber (R-MN)
Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
Bryan Steil (R-WI)
W. Steube (R-FL)
Haley Stevens (D-MI)
Dale Strong (R-AL)
Marlin Stutzman (R-IN)
Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY)
David Taylor (R-OH)
Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
Thomas Tiffany (R-WI)
William Timmons (R-SC)
Dina Titus (D-NV)
Ritchie Torres (D-NY)
Mike Turner (R-OH)
David Valadao (R-CA)
Juan Vargas (D-CA)
Eugene Vindman (D-VA)
Ann Wagner (R-MO)
Tim Walberg (R-MI)
Randy Weber (R-TX)
Daniel Webster (R-FL)
Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
Tony Wied (R-WI)
Roger Williams (R-TX)
Robert Wittman (R-VA)
Steve Womack (R-AR)
Rudy Yakym (R-IN)
Ryan Zinke (R-MT)
Members in this record who voted humanely (164)
Alma Adams (D-NC)
Pete Aguilar (D-CA)
Gabe Amo (D-RI)
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ)
Becca Balint (D-VT)
Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
Ami Bera (D-CA)
Donald Beyer (D-VA)
Sanford Bishop (D-GA)
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
Brendan Boyle (D-PA)
Shontel Brown (D-OH)
Julia Brownley (D-CA)
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL)
Janelle Bynum (D-OR)
Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
Andre Carson (D-IN)
Troy Carter (D-LA)
Greg Casar (D-TX)
Ed Case (D-HI)
Sean Casten (D-IL)
Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
Judy Chu (D-CA)
Katherine Clark (D-MA)
Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
James Clyburn (D-SC)
Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
Herbert Conaway (D-NJ)
J. Correa (D-CA)
Angie Craig (D-MN)
Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
Jason Crow (D-CO)
Sharice Davids (D-KS)
Warren Davidson (R-OH)
Danny Davis (D-IL)
Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
Diana DeGette (D-CO)
April McClain Delaney (D-MD)
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
Christopher Deluzio (D-PA)
Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
Maxine Dexter (D-OR)
Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)
Veronica Escobar (D-TX)
Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
Dwight Evans (D-PA)
Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)
Cleo Fields (D-LA)
Shomari Figures (D-AL)
Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX)
Bill Foster (D-IL)
Valerie Foushee (D-NC)
Laura Friedman (D-CA)
Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
Robert Garcia (D-CA)
Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)
Maggie Goodlander (D-NH)
Adam Gray (D-CA)
Al Green (D-TX)
Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ)
Josh Harder (D-CA)
Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
James Himes (D-CT)
Steven Horsford (D-NV)
Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
Val Hoyle (D-OR)
Jared Huffman (D-CA)
Glenn Ivey (D-MD)
Jonathan Jackson (D-IL)
Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
Hank Johnson (D-GA)
Julie Johnson (D-TX)
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
William Keating (D-MA)
Robin Kelly (D-IL)
Tim Kennedy (D-NY)
Ro Khanna (D-CA)
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)
Rick Larsen (D-WA)
John Larson (D-CT)
Summer Lee (D-PA)
Mike Levin (D-CA)
Sam Liccardo (D-CA)
Ted Lieu (D-CA)
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Seth Magaziner (D-RI)
Thomas Massie (R-KY)
Doris Matsui (D-CA)
Lucy McBath (D-GA)
Sarah McBride (D-DE)
Jennifer McClellan (D-VA)
Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Morgan McGarvey (D-KY)
James McGovern (D-MA)
LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Christian Menefee (D-TX)
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Grace Meng (D-NY)
Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)
Gwen Moore (D-WI)
Joseph Morelle (D-NY)
Kelly Morrison (D-MN)
Frank Mrvan (D-IN)
Kevin Mullin (D-CA)
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Richard Neal (D-MA)
Joe Neguse (D-CO)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
Johnny Olszewski (D-MD)
Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
Chris Pappas (D-NH)
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Scott Peters (D-CA)
Brittany Pettersen (D-CO)
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Mark Pocan (D-WI)
Nellie Pou (D-NJ)
Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
Mike Quigley (D-IL)
Delia Ramirez (D-IL)
Emily Randall (D-WA)
Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
Luz Rivas (D-CA)
Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI)
Deborah Ross (D-NC)
Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
Pat Ryan (D-NY)
Andrea Salinas (D-OR)
Linda Sánchez (D-CA)
Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)
Bobby Scott (D-VA)
Terri Sewell (D-AL)
Lateefah Simon (D-CA)
Eric Sorensen (D-IL)
Melanie Stansbury (D-NM)
Greg Stanton (D-AZ)
Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA)
Emilia Sykes (D-OH)
Mark Takano (D-CA)
Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
Jill Tokuda (D-HI)
Paul Tonko (D-NY)
Norma Torres (D-CA)
Lori Trahan (D-MA)
Derek Tran (D-CA)
Lauren Underwood (D-IL)
Gabe Vasquez (D-NM)
Marc Veasey (D-TX)
James Walkinshaw (D-VA)
Maxine Waters (D-CA)
George Whitesides (D-CA)
Nikema Williams (D-GA)
Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
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