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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1609 

Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Jeanne Clery 

Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 10, 2010 

Mr. SESTAK (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, and 

Mr. PERRIELLO) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the 

Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and 

Campus Crime Statistics Act. 

Whereas, on November 8, 1990, President George H.W. 

Bush signed into law the Crime Awareness and Campus 

Security Act of 1990, also known as the Jeanne Clery 

Act, as Title II of Public Law 101–542; 

Whereas passage of the Jeanne Clery Act came about as a 

result of the tireless work of Connie and Howard Clery 

whose 19-year-old daughter Jeanne had been raped and 

murdered on April 5, 1986, in her university residence 

hall room by a fellow student she didn’t know; 

Whereas after Jeanne’s murder, Connie and Howard Clery 

discovered a history of violent crime on their daughter’s 


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campus of which students generally weren’t aware, and 

after hearing from the victims of violent campus crimes 

across the United States, they discovered that violence on 

college campuses was a widespread problem and devoted 

the rest of their lives to making campuses safer; 

Whereas in October 1987, Connie and Howard Clery cofounded Security On Campus, Inc., a national nonprofit 

organization based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, devoted to educating the public about campus security and 

which continues to be the Nation’s leading voice for the 

improvement of campus safety and the rights of campus 

crime victims; 

Whereas when the Jeanne Clery Act took effect on September 

1, 1991, for the first time institutions of higher education across the United States began the process of consistently releasing crime statistics and security policies to 

their current and prospective students or employees; 

Whereas in 1992, the Jeanne Clery Act was amended to afford victims of sexual assault with assistance from their 

institution and fair treatment in disciplinary proceedings 

against their accused assailants; 

Whereas, on October 7, 1998, President William J. Clinton 

signed into law the Higher Education Amendments of 

1998, Public Law 105–244, which enhanced the Jeanne 

Clery Act’s provisions and formally renamed it the 

Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and 

Campus Crime Statistics Act in memory of the student 

who had inspired it; 

Whereas the Jeanne Clery Act has fundamentally changed 

the dynamic of campus crime in the United States from 

an issue rarely discussed among prospective and current 


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students to one that can now be evaluated when selecting 

where to go to school and how to protect themselves once 

they are on campus; 

Whereas from 1994 to 2004, the years immediately following 

enactment of the Jeanne Clery Act, there was a 9-percent 

drop in violent crime and a 30-percent drop in property 

crime on campuses, as well as a 5-percent increase in the 

base rate of pay for campus police according to the U.S. 

Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics; 

Whereas Security On Campus, Inc. has helped to advance 

compliance with the Jeanne Clery Act by working with 

the U.S. Department of Education to develop the plain 

language Handbook for Campus Crime Reporting, and by 

working with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for 

Victims of Crime to develop the Jeanne Clery Act: A Collaborative Approach to Compliance training course which 

since 2007 has trained more than 2,000 college and university personnel; 

Whereas in 2008, the Jeanne Clery Act was amended to require institutions to adopt emergency response procedures that include the capability to immediately notify 

the campus community in the event of a crisis such as 

an active shooter situation; 

Whereas Connie Clery continues to work along with the board 

and staff of Security On Campus, Inc., to improve campus safety in memory of Jeanne Clery; and 

Whereas Howard Clery continued this work until he passed 

away on January 1, 2008: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes that the Jeanne Clery Disclosure 

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1 tistics Act has greatly contributed to the improve2 ment of safety on the campuses of colleges and uni3 versities across the United States; 

4 (2) recognizes Security On Campus, Inc., for 

5 helping to advance the purposes of the Jeanne Clery 

6 Act; and 

7 (3) encourages colleges and universities 

8 throughout the United States to provide campus 

9 safety and other crime awareness and prevention 

10 programs to all students throughout the year as a 

11 part of their compliance with the Jeanne Clery Act. 

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