[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6359 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6359

To require institutions of higher education to disseminate information 
   on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant 
                   students, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 2, 2025

 Mrs. Hinson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require institutions of higher education to disseminate information 
   on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant 
                   students, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pregnant Students' Rights Act''.

SEC. 2. NOTICE OF PREGNANT STUDENT RIGHTS, ACCOMMODATIONS, AND 
              RESOURCES.

    Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n) Pregnant Students' Rights, Accommodations, and Resources.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each institution of higher education 
        participating in any program under this title shall carry out 
        the information dissemination activities described in paragraph 
        (3) for prospective and enrolled students (including those 
        attending or planning to attend less than full time) regarding 
        the information described in paragraph (2) on the rights to, 
        and resources (including protections and accommodations) for, 
        pregnant students to carry a baby to term and students who may 
        become pregnant while enrolled at such institution of higher 
        education to carry a baby to term.
            ``(2) Information content.--The information described in 
        this paragraph is the following:
                    ``(A) A list of resources on campus and in the 
                community that exist to help a pregnant student in 
                carrying the baby to term and caring for the baby after 
                birth.
                    ``(B) Information about the accommodations 
                available to help a pregnant student carry the baby to 
                term and parent the baby after birth.
                    ``(C) Information on how to file a complaint with--
                            ``(i) the Department of Education, if a 
                        student believes there was a violation by the 
                        institution of title IX of the Education 
                        Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) on 
                        account of such student's determination to 
                        carry a baby to term; and
                            ``(ii) the institution, if a student 
                        believes the student has been discriminated 
                        against in violation of such title IX on 
                        account of the student's determination to carry 
                        a baby to term.
            ``(3) Information dissemination activities.--The 
        information dissemination activities described in this 
        paragraph shall include--
                    ``(A) an email to each enrolled student at least 
                once each academic year; and
                    ``(B) the provision of information--
                            ``(i) in student handbooks, if any;
                            ``(ii) at each orientation for enrolled 
                        students;
                            ``(iii) at student health or counseling 
                        centers, if any; and
                            ``(iv) on the publicly available website of 
                        the institution of higher education.
            ``(4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
        shall be construed to authorize the Secretary to require the 
        dissemination of additional information, or establish 
        additional rights, beyond the information and rights included 
        in this subsection.''.
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