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This bill, known as the "RECLAIM Act," proposes significant amendments to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 aimed at strengthening enforcement mechanisms for civil rights compliance in federally funded programs. The bill expands the consequences for institutions found to be non-compliant with civil rights requirements by allowing the federal government to: (1) apply sanctions to an entire program or activity where noncompliance is discovered, rather than just a specific part of the program; (2) require recipients of federal financial assistance to repay the full amount of funding for the fiscal year in which noncompliance is found, regardless of whether the funds have already been spent; and (3) impose a mandatory one-year suspension of federal financial assistance for recipients subject to a court injunction for civil rights violations. The new provisions also require federal agencies to notify each other about injunctions and prohibit other agencies from providing funding to a non-compliant recipient during the specified period. These changes are designed to create stronger financial and administrative consequences for institutions that fail to meet civil rights standards, with a particular focus on addressing antisemitic institutional misconduct, as suggested by the bill's full title.

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