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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2875 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional reporting 

on crime and harm that occurs during student participation in programs 

of study abroad, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2019 

Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York 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 

additional reporting on crime and harm that occurs during student participation in programs of study abroad, 

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 ‘‘Ravi Thackurdeen Safe 

5 Students Study Abroad Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF CLERY ACT TO PROGRAMS OF 

2 STUDY ABROAD. 

3 (a) REPORTING OF CRIME STATISTICS.—Paragraph 

4 (12) of section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 

5 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara7 graph (C); 

8 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub9 paragraph (D) and inserting a semicolon; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(E) while a student is participating in a 

12 program of study abroad approved for credit by 

13 an institution of higher education, distinguished 

14 by whether the criminal offense occurred at a 

15 location described in subparagraph (A), (B), 

16 (C), or (D), or at another location, without re17 gard to whether the institution owns or controls 

18 a building or property at such location.’’. 

19 (b) ADDITIONAL REPORTING FOR PROGRAMS OF

20 STUDY ABROAD.—Section 485(f) of the Higher Education 

21 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating paragraph (18) as para23 graph (19); and 

24 (2) by inserting after paragraph (17), the fol25 lowing new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(18)(A) Each institution of higher education 

2 participating in any program under this title, other 

3 than a foreign institution of higher education, shall 

4 develop and distribute as part of the report de5 scribed in paragraph (1), a statement that the insti6 tution has adopted and implemented a program to 

7 protect students participating in a program of study 

8 abroad approved for credit by the institution from 

9 crime and harm while participating in such program 

10 of study abroad that, at a minimum, includes the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(i) A biennial review by the institution of 

13 the programs of study abroad approved for 

14 credit by the institution to determine— 

15 ‘‘(I) the effectiveness of the programs 

16 at protecting students from crime and 

17 harm, and whether changes to the pro18 grams are needed (based on the most re19 cent guidance or other assistance from the 

20 Secretary) and will be implemented; 

21 ‘‘(II) for the 10 years preceding the 

22 date of the report, the number (in the ag23 gregate for all programs of study abroad 

24 approved for credit by the institution) of— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) deaths of program partici2 pants occurring during program par3 ticipation or during any other activi4 ties during the study abroad period; 

5 ‘‘(bb) accidents and illnesses oc6 curring during program participation 

7 that resulted in hospitalization; 

8 ‘‘(cc) sexual assaults against pro9 gram participants occurring during 

10 program participation; and 

11 ‘‘(dd) incidents involving pro12 gram participants during the program 

13 participation that resulted in police 

14 involvement or a police report; and 

15 ‘‘(III) with respect to the incidents de16 scribed in items (aa) through (dd) of sub17 clause (II), whether the incidents oc18 curred— 

19 ‘‘(aa) on campus; 

20 ‘‘(bb) in or on a noncampus 

21 building or property; 

22 ‘‘(cc) on public property; 

23 ‘‘(dd) in dormitories or other res24 idential facilities for students; or 


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1 ‘‘(ee) at a location not described 

2 in items (aa) through (dd) of this sub3 clause, without regard to whether the 

4 institution owns or controls a building 

5 or property at the location. 

6 ‘‘(ii) The crime statistics described in para7 graph (12)(E). 

8 ‘‘(B) An institution of higher education de9 scribed in subparagraph (A) shall— 

10 ‘‘(i) provide each student who is interested 

11 in participating in a program of study abroad 

12 approved for credit by the institution, with a 

13 pre-trip orientation session and advising that 

14 includes— 

15 ‘‘(I) a list of countries in which such 

16 programs of study abroad are located; 

17 ‘‘(II) all current travel information, 

18 including all travel warnings and travel 

19 alerts, issued by the Bureau of Consular 

20 Affairs of the Department of State for 

21 such countries; and 

22 ‘‘(III) the information described in 

23 clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), 

24 provided specifically for each program of 

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1 stitution in which the student is consid2 ering participation; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) provide each student who returns 

4 from such a program of study abroad with a 

5 post-trip orientation session, including an exit 

6 interview that assists the institution in carrying 

7 out subparagraph (A) and clause (i) of this sub8 paragraph. 

9 ‘‘(C) An institution of higher education shall 

10 not disaggregate or otherwise distinguish informa11 tion for purposes of subparagraph (A) or (B) in a 

12 case in which the number of students in a category 

13 is insufficient to yield statistically reliable informa14 tion or the results would reveal personally identifi15 able information about an individual student. 

16 ‘‘(D) The Secretary shall periodically review a 

17 representative sample of the programs described in 

18 subparagraph (A) that have been adopted and imple19 mented by institutions of higher education to protect 

20 students participating in a program of study abroad 

21 described in subparagraph (A) from crime and harm 

22 while participating in such program of study 

23 abroad.’’. 

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