Bills / H.R. 4795
H.R. 4795
Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026
In plain English
The bill would bar colleges that participate in federal student aid programs from taking commercial actions to limit business ties with Israel or Israeli entities unless there is a valid business reason. Colleges receiving or seeking Title VI funding for foreign language and international education programs would also have to certify compliance with academic exchange rules each year. Those rules would require equal terms for students and faculty joining programs in Israel and for students and faculty from Israeli colleges joining programs at those U.S. colleges, compared with other foreign countries.
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Sponsor and status
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How South Carolina voted
On Passage · House roll call 295 · 2026-09-03 · Roll-call record ↗
| Jim Clyburn (D) | Joe Wilson (R) | Nancy Mace (R) | Ralph Norman (R) | Russell Fry (R) | Sheri Biggs (R) | William Timmons (R) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nay | Not Voting | Yea | Yea | Yea | Yea | Yea |
Who lobbied
Lobbying reports name the bills a client worked on. They don't say which side anyone took.
14 reports from 10 clients reporting $4,872,990 in fees and expenses. Fees cover each report's whole lobbying effort, not just this bill.
Businesses and trade groups (1)
- DEMAND PROGRESS ACTION, INC ↗1 report
Advocacy groups and nonprofits (4)
Labor unions (2)
- AFL-CIO ↗1 report
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS ↗2 reports
Not classified (3)
Groupings are our label from each organization's name and industry, not its legal or tax status.
The connection table
Organizations that lobbied this bill, and money each gave South Carolina's delegates this cycle: its PAC's contributions (FEC) plus its lobbyists' reported contributions and event payments (LD‑203, group events excluded). Exact name matches only. An empty cell means no matching money was found. Under each name is that delegate’s final vote on the bill (passage or last substantive vote). Delegates who didn’t vote on it, for example because they weren’t serving, are grayed out and left out of the Total column.
| Organization | D. GrahamNo vote | L. GrahamNo vote | T. ScottNo vote | J. ClyburnNay | J. WilsonNot Voting | N. MaceYea | R. NormanYea | R. FryYea | S. BiggsYea | W. TimmonsYea | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $15,000 |
| AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS | – | – | – | $10,000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | $10,000 |
| Total | – | – | – | $10,000 | – | – | – | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 |