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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 706 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of 

higher education to disclose hazing incidents, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 7, 2019 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. BROWN, and Mr. CASEY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require 

institutions of higher education to disclose hazing incidents, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Report and Educate 

5 About Campus Hazing Act’’ or the ‘‘REACH Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF HAZING INCIDENTS IN ANNUAL SE7 CURITY REPORTS. 

8 Section 485(f)(1)(F) of the Higher Education Act of 

9 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)(F)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in clause (i)(IX), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

2 the semicolon; 

3 (2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

4 semicolon; 

5 (3) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the 

6 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

7 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(iv) of hazing incidents that were re9 ported to a campus official.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF HAZING. 

11 Section 485(f)(6)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 

12 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(6)(A)) is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating clauses (iii) through (v) as 

14 clauses (iv) through (vi), respectively; and 

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

16 ‘‘(iii) The term ‘hazing’ means any inten17 tional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a 

18 student, or a former student, of an institution 

19 of higher education, whether individually or in 

20 concert with other persons, against another stu21 dent (regardless of that student’s willingness to 

22 participate), that— 

23 ‘‘(I) was committed in connection with 

24 an initiation into, an affiliation with, or 

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1 ganization that is affiliated with such insti2 tution of higher education (including any 

3 athletic team affiliated with that institu4 tion); and 

5 ‘‘(II) contributes to a substantial risk 

6 of physical injury, mental harm, or deg7 radation or causes physical injury, mental 

8 harm, or personal degradation.’’. 

9 SEC. 4. RECORDING OF HAZING INCIDENTS. 

10 Section 485(f)(7) of the Higher Education Act of 

11 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(7)) is amended by inserting after 

12 the second sentence the following: ‘‘For hazing incidents, 

13 such statistics shall be compiled in accordance with the 

14 definition of that term in paragraph (6)(A)(iii).’’. 

15 SEC. 5. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON HAZING. 

16 Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

17 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(30) The institution shall provide a com20 prehensive program to prevent hazing (as defined in 

21 section 485(f)(6)(A)(iii)). The program shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) be a campus-wide program for stu23 dents, staff, faculty, and other campus stake24 holders (such as alumni and families of stu25 dents); 


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1 ‘‘(B) be a research-based program; 

2 ‘‘(C) be designed and implemented in part3 nership with a broad coalition of campus stake4 holders, including leadership of the institution, 

5 faculty, staff, students, alumni, and families of 

6 students; 

7 ‘‘(D) include information on hazing aware8 ness, hazing prevention, the institution’s poli9 cies on hazing, how to report hazing, and the 

10 process used to investigate hazing; and 

11 ‘‘(E) include skill building for bystander 

12 intervention, information about ethical leader13 ship, and the promotion of strategies for build14 ing group cohesion without hazing.’’. 

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