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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3267 

To require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing-related 

misconduct, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 13, 2019 

Ms. FUDGE (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. 

JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and 

Mr. BISHOP of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To require institutions of higher education to disclose hazingrelated misconduct, 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 ‘‘Educational Notifica5 tion and Disclosure of Actions risking Loss of Life by 

6 Hazing Act’’, or the ‘‘END ALL Hazing Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds as follows: 


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1 (1) Hazing is a problem in the United States, 

2 but most especially in our Nation’s educational sys3 tem. 

4 (2) Hazing undermines the educational experi5 ence of the victims and the perpetrators. Hazing 

6 often perpetuates a cycle in which students who have 

7 been hazed feel the need to haze other students as 

8 a rite of passage to join a student organization. 

9 (3) While hazing takes many forms, including 

10 menial labor, disparagement, public or private hu11 miliation, and forced exercise, the combination of al12 cohol or drug consumption as a form of hazing has 

13 caused bodily injury to thousands of students and 

14 has been fatal in many instances. 

15 (4) Numerous students have died as a result of 

16 collegiate hazing. Some of the recent tragedies in17 clude Nicky Cumberland, Max Gruver, Tim Piazza, 

18 Dalton Debrick, Marquise Braham, and Harrison 

19 Kowiak. 

20 SEC. 3. HAZING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTITU21 TIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 

22 Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

23 U.S.C. 1092) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 


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1 (A) in subparagraph (U), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (V), by striking the 

4 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

6 subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(W) the hazing reports prepared by the 

8 institution pursuant to subsection (n).’’; and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub10 section: 

11 ‘‘(n) DISCLOSURES OF HAZING-RELATED MIS12 CONDUCT.— 

13 ‘‘(1) MANDATORY HAZING REPORTS.—Each eli14 gible institution participating in any program under 

15 this title, other than a foreign institution of higher 

16 education, shall on August 1, 2020, begin to collect 

17 information with respect to hazing-related mis18 conduct and anti-hazing policies of that institution, 

19 and beginning on January 1, 2021, and each July 

20 1 and January 1 thereafter, prepare and make pub21 licly available, in accordance with this subsection, a 

22 report containing the information required by this 

23 subsection. 

24 ‘‘(2) REPORT CONTENT.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A report required by 

2 paragraph (1) shall include each finding by the 

3 institution that a student organization com4 mitted— 

5 ‘‘(i) a violation of the institution’s 

6 standards of conduct, or of Federal, State, 

7 or local law, relating to hazing; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) other conduct that threatens a 

9 student’s physical safety, including a viola10 tion involving the abuse or illegal use of al11 cohol or drugs. 

12 ‘‘(B) INCIDENT INFORMATION.—A report 

13 required by paragraph (1) shall include, for 

14 each finding by the institution of a violation de15 scribed in subparagraph (A), the following: 

16 ‘‘(i) The name of the student organi17 zation that committed the violation. 

18 ‘‘(ii) A general description of the vio19 lation, the charges, the findings of the in20 stitution, and the sanctions placed on the 

21 organization. 

22 ‘‘(iii) The dates on which— 

23 ‘‘(I) the violation was alleged to 

24 have occurred; 


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1 ‘‘(II) the student organization 

2 was charged with misconduct; 

3 ‘‘(III) the investigation was initi4 ated; and 

5 ‘‘(IV) the investigation ended 

6 with a finding that a violation oc7 curred. 

8 ‘‘(C) EXCLUSIONS.—A report required by 

9 paragraph (1) shall not include— 

10 ‘‘(i) any information related to allega11 tions or investigations of hazing that do 

12 not result in a formal finding of a violation 

13 of the standards of conduct of the institu14 tion; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) any personally identifiable infor16 mation on any individual student or mem17 ber of a student organization. 

18 ‘‘(D) FERPA COMPLIANCE.—The report 

19 required by paragraph (1) shall be subject to 

20 the requirements of section 444 of the General 

21 Education Provisions Act (commonly known as 

22 the ‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy 

23 Act of 1974’). 

24 ‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) PUBLIC WEBSITE.—Each institution 

2 shall provide, in a prominent location on the in3 stitution’s website, a link to the webpage that 

4 contains each report required under paragraph 

5 (1). Such webpage shall include a statement no6 tifying the public— 

7 ‘‘(i) of the availability of information 

8 including findings, sanctions, and the im9 plementation of sanctions, except informa10 tion protected under section 444 of the 

11 General Education Provisions Act (com12 monly known as the ‘Family Education 

13 Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’); 

14 ‘‘(ii) a description of how a member of 

15 the public may obtain such information; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(iii) a statement that the institution 

18 is required to provide such information 

19 pursuant to the END ALL Hazing Act. 

20 ‘‘(B) NOTICE IN PRINT.—Each institution 

21 shall provide to all enrolled students and to 

22 each applicant for enrollment, a printed notice 

23 of the nature and availability of the reports re24 quired under paragraph (1), and the website 

25 address at which such reports are available. 


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1 ‘‘(C) MAINTENANCE PERIOD.—Each insti2 tution shall maintain each report required 

3 under paragraph (1) on its website for a period 

4 of 5 academic years. 

5 ‘‘(4) REPORTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.—Each 

6 institution participating in any program under this 

7 title, other than a foreign institution of higher edu8 cation, shall report to campus police and appropriate 

9 law enforcement authorities any allegation of hazing 

10 that involved serious bodily injury or a significant 

11 risk of serious bodily injury that is reported to the 

12 institution, campus authorities, or any student orga13 nization officially recognized by the institution. Such 

14 an allegation shall be reported within 72 hours of 

15 when the institution is first notified of the allega16 tion. 

17 ‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY TO MULTI-INSTITUTION

18 STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS.—In the case of an alle19 gation that a multi-institution student organization 

20 was involved in a hazing incident, the requirements 

21 of this subsection shall apply only to the institution 

22 or institutions at which the students involved in such 

23 allegation are enrolled (or were formerly enrolled), 

24 including any student who was a victim in the al25 leged incident. 


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1 ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

2 ‘‘(A) HAZING.—The term ‘hazing’ means 

3 any intentional, knowing, or reckless act com4 mitted by a student, or a former student, of an 

5 institution of higher education, whether individ6 ually or in concert with other persons, against 

7 another student, that— 

8 ‘‘(i) was committed in connection with 

9 an initiation into, an affiliation with, or 

10 the maintenance of membership in, any 

11 student organization; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) causes, or contributes to a sub13 stantial risk of, physical injury, mental 

14 harm, or personal degradation. 

15 ‘‘(B) STUDENT ORGANIZATION.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘student 

17 organization’ means an organization that 

18 is officially recognized by or otherwise af19 filiated with an institution of higher edu20 cation and that has a membership that is 

21 made up primarily of students enrolled at 

22 such institution. 

23 ‘‘(ii) MULTI-INSTITUTION STUDENT

24 ORGANIZATIONS.—The term ‘multi-institu25 tion student organization’ means a student 


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1 organization that includes students from 

2 more than one institution of higher edu3 cation, including city-wide, regional, State, 

4 and national chapters of student organiza5 tions.’’. 

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