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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1932 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    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

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                                 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''.
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