2018 and Poway, California, in 2019. (9) Antisemitic incidents have increased dramatically in many educational settings over the past several years, with many Jewish students facing discrimination or a hostile environment at schools, yet these incidents remain underreported. (10) The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is tasked with ensuring that all students are protected on campus, yet there is a backlog of discrimination complaints that remain pending before the Office for Civil Rights. (11) On May 25, 2023, the Biden Administration issued the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, which outlines the Administration’s whole-of-society approach to tackle antisemitism and includes actions for Federal agencies to take and calls to action for Congress. (12) Antisemitism can have unique characteristics, including the evolving use of conspiracy theories that blame the various ills of society on Jews or attribute to individual Jews a variety of evil and harmful characteristics, and including the portrayal of Jews as too powerful or controlling and deserving of hatred and mistrust. Antisemitism can also exist when individual Jews are held responsible for the policies of the Israeli government, or attacked, disparaged, or demonized based on their real or perceived connection to, affiliation with, or support for, the state of Israel as a Jewish state. Antisemitism can manifest distinctively and require a tailored response. (13) While antisemitism most directly and intensely threatens Jewish Americans, it also undermines democracy and threatens the safety and rights of all Americans. 3. Statement of policy and sense of Congress (a) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States to— (1) raise awareness and educate the United States public about the history of Jewish Americans and antisemitism in all of its forms and various manifestations