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117th Congress(2021-2022)
Report and Educate About Campus Hazing Act
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Introduced in House on Mar 16, 2021
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Introduced in House 
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H. R. 1932 (Introduced-in-House)


117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1932


To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing incidents, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 16, 2021

Mrs. McBath (for herself and Mr. Lowenthal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing incidents, 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 “Report and Educate About Campus Hazing Act” or the “REACH Act”.

SEC. 2. Inclusion of hazing incidents in annual security reports.

Section 485(f)(1)(F) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)(F)) is amended—

(1) in clause (i)(IX), by striking “and” after the semicolon;

(2) in clause (ii), by striking “and” after the semicolon;

(3) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

(4) by adding at the end the following:

    “(iv) of hazing incidents that were reported to campus security authorities or local police agencies.”.

SEC. 3. Definition of hazing.

Section 485(f)(6)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(6)(A)) is amended—

(1) by redesignating clauses (iii) through (v) as clauses (iv) through (vi), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:

    “(iii) The term ‘hazing’ means any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a student, or a former student, of an institution of higher education, whether individually or in concert with other persons, against another student (regardless of that student's willingness to participate), that—

    “(I) was committed in connection with an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, any organization that is affiliated with such institution of higher education (including any athletic team affiliated with that institution); and

    “(II) contributes to a substantial risk of physical injury, mental harm, or degradation or causes physical injury, mental harm, or personal degradation.”.

SEC. 4. Recording of hazing incidents.

Section 485(f)(7) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(7)) is amended by inserting after the second sentence the following: “For hazing incidents, such statistics shall be compiled in accordance with the definition of that term in paragraph (6)(A)(iii).”.

SEC. 5. Educational program on hazing.

Section 485(f)(8)(B)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(8)(B)(i)) is amended—

(1) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting “, and hazing” after “stalking”; and

(2) in subclause (I)—

(A) in item (aa), by inserting before the semicolon the following: “, and hazing”; and

(B) in item (bb), by inserting before the semicolon the following: “, and the definition of hazing in paragraph (6)(A)(ii)”; and

(C) in item (dd), by inserting “, or hazing” after “stalking”.