1. Short title This Act may be cited as the College Admissions Accountability Act of 2023 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) 21st century elite college admissions functions as the Nation’s sorting machine for prestige and opportunity, allocating a limited number of valuable credentials. (2) For decades United States colleges and universities adopted admissions and policies practices that rendered special preferences to applicants on the basis of race. (3) In Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 143 S. Ct. 2141 (2023), the Supreme Court of the United States found race-based admissions policies to be in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq. ). The Court further held that universities may not simply establish through application essays or other means the regime we hold unlawful today . (4) Following the Court’s ruling, several United States colleges and universities issued statements or unveiled new policies at odds with its letter and spirit. (5) Institutions of higher education, including their offices of admission, must comply with the Constitution and laws of the United States, as interpreted by the judiciary. (6) It is the duty of the United States Government to protect the civil rights of its citizens and to enforce the Constitution and laws of the United States, as interpreted by the judiciary. 3. Special Inspector General for Unlawful Discrimination in Higher Education (a) In general Title II of the Department of Education Organization Act ( 20 U.S.C. 3411 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 221. Special Inspector General for Unlawful Discrimination in Higher Education (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate