US Congress Senate Bill 856 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-5)
Status: Introduced on April 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Campus Accountability and Safety Act This bill addresses sexual harassment, sexual assault, and other violence and harassment on the campuses of colleges and universities. The bill amends provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 known as the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to expand reporting requirements included in the annual campus security report provided to current and prospective students and employees. Specifically, the report must include information about: (1) the institutions coordination with local law enforcement about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking occurring against its students or against other individuals on its campus; (2) statistics about certain criminal offenses reported to campus security authorities or local police, including rape, fondling, incest, and statutory rape; and (3) information about how the institution is addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The Department of Education (ED) must administer and publish the campus-level results of a biannual survey of students regarding their experiences with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Each institution must establish a campus security policy that meets certain requirements with respect to: (1) assisting survivors; (2) training individuals who are involved in implementing the student grievance procedures or who are responsible for interviewing survivors; and (3) establishing a uniform process for student disciplinary proceedings relating to any claims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking or a sexual misconduct policy violation against a student. ED and the Department of Justice may impose civil penalties for failure to meet certain requirements under this bill. The bill also authorizes grants to address these issues.

Campus Accountability and Safety Act

Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]
Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1949 (Same As) 2017-04-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/856/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s856/BILLS-115s856is.pdf