Summary

Creates a temporary, 8-member legislative-branch commission to study recent acts of antisemitism in the United States. The commission will collect evidence from federal, state, and local sources, hold hearings, summon witnesses (including using subpoenas and court enforcement), hire experts, and deliver a written report of findings and recommendations to the President and Congress within one year of enactment. The commission sunsets 120 days after filing its report.

Key Points

• Creates an 8-member congressional commission to study antisemitism in the United States.
• Empowers the Commission to hold hearings, take sworn testimony, issue subpoenas, and seek court enforcement for noncompliance.
• Requires a written report of findings and recommendations to the President and Congress within one year of enactment.
• Allows hiring of temporary experts and use of federal detailees; pay for experts capped at a GS-15 daily equivalent.
• Defines antisemitism in statute to guide the Commission’s work and evidence-gathering.
• Commission sunsets 120 days after filing its report but may use that period to finish work and testify to Congress.
• Commission may enter contracts and incur expenses only if funds are appropriated; the bill does not itself appropriate funds.
• Investigative activity must avoid interfering with ongoing law enforcement investigations.

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