•      "Starting from the proposition that campus conservative First Amendment rights are stifled, H.R. 7683 aims to change that, legislating diversity of viewpoints, equity in consideration of campus groups and speakers, and inclusion of more student organizations. These buzzwords hide the real-world implications of the bill's provisions: forcing schools to abide by speech regardless of a school's mission or student well-being; insisting on preferential, costly treatment for certain student groups and their speakers; and, demanding the recognition of student organizations free to discriminate with college funds." Source: Committee on Education and the Workforce Democrats, Minority Opinion 

•      "H.R. 7683 would inject the federal government in higher education in a new and counterproductive fashion by imposing a rigid, highly prescriptive, and costly regulatory and enforcement framework on nearly 2,000 public colleges and universities. These institutions are already subject to the protections afforded by the First Amendment and would therefore have to implement a new campus-wide compliance scheme on top of existing practices. As an example of the difficult and costly mandates that the legislation would impose, it would require institutions to develop “objective, content- and view-point neutral and exhaustive standards” in allocating funds to student organizations, which are extraordinarily varied. This could create a regulatory quagmire." Source: Ted Mitchell, President, American Council on Education