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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 744 

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 15, 2021 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. CASSIDY, 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 485(f)(8)(B)(i) of the Higher Education Act 

17 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(8)(B)(i)) is amended— 

18 (1) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by 

19 striking ‘‘and stalking’’ and inserting ‘‘stalking, and 

20 hazing’’; 

21 (2) in subclause (I)(ff), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

22 the semicolon; 

23 (3) in subclause (II), by striking the period at 

24 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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


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1 ‘‘(III) a comprehensive program to 

2 prevent hazing that shall— 

3 ‘‘(aa) be a campus-wide program 

4 for students, staff, faculty, and other 

5 campus stakeholders (such as alumni 

6 and families of students); 

7 ‘‘(bb) be a research-based pro8 gram; 

9 ‘‘(cc) be designed and imple10 mented in partnership with a broad 

11 coalition of campus stakeholders, in12 cluding leadership of the institution, 

13 faculty, staff, students, alumni, and 

14 families of students; 

15 ‘‘(dd) include information on haz16 ing awareness, hazing prevention, the 

17 institution’s policies on hazing, how to 

18 report hazing, and the process used to 

19 investigate hazing; and 

20 ‘‘(ee) include skill building for 

21 bystander intervention, information 

22 about ethical leadership, and the pro23 motion of strategies for building 

24 group cohesion without hazing.’’. 

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