1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Collegiate Freedom of Association Act . 2. Freedom of association protections Part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 124. Freedom of association protections (a) Non-Retaliation against students of single-Sex social organizations An institution of higher education that receives funds under this Act shall not— (1) take any action to require or coerce a student or prospective student who is a member or prospective member of a single-sex social organization to waive the requirements of paragraph (2), including as a condition of enrolling in the institution; or (2) take any adverse action against a student who is a member or a prospective member of a single-sex social organization based solely on the membership practice of such organization limiting membership to only individuals of one sex. (b) Rules of construction Nothing in this section shall— (1) require an institution of higher education to officially recognize a single-sex organization; (2) prohibit an institution of higher education from taking an adverse action against a student who joins a single-sex social organization for a reason including academic misconduct or nonacademic misconduct, or because the organization’s purpose poses a clear harm to the students or employees, so long as that adverse action is not based solely on the membership practice of the organization of limiting membership to only individuals of one sex