House condemns antisemitic violence, calls for law enforcement action
H.Res. 481 — Condemning the rise in ideologically motivated attacks on Jewish individuals in the United States, including the recent violent assault in Boulder, Colorado, and reaffirming the House of Representatives commitment to combating antisemitism and politically motivated violence. · Filed by Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ) · 70 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 5, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This is a non-binding House resolution condemning recent violent attacks on Jewish individuals and institutions in the United States, including a June 2025 bombing in Boulder, Colorado, and murders of Israeli Embassy staff in Washington, DC. The resolution reaffirms Congress's commitment to combating antisemitism and politically motivated violence, and calls on law enforcement and community leaders to investigate and speak out against such attacks.
Why we flagged it
This is a non-binding resolution expressing the House's condemnation of antisemitic violence and commitment to combating it. It performs a legislative function of public record-making and moral clarity, not a policy or appropriations function.
Who it affects
The resolution places antisemitic violence on the congressional record and calls for law enforcement action, which is a public accountability measure. However, as a non-binding resolution, it creates no new legal protections, enforcement mechanisms, or remedies for victims—it is a statement of values, not a change in law or policy.
Named in the bill
House of Representatives, Boulder, Colorado, Capital Jewish Museum, Washington, DC, Pennsylvania Governor's Residence, Josh Shapiro, Federal law enforcement, State law enforcement, Local law enforcement
Where it stands
70 cosponsors: 55 Republicans, 15 Democrats.
- Jun 5, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
- Jun 9, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection”
- Jun 9, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Van Drew moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 3 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $760,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 48 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 41% of bills with at least one filing.
Jefferson Van Drew, the sponsor, reported $386,700 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Anti-defamation League — $590,000 on 2 filings
- J Street — $170,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,360 characters) on Sep 18, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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