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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 561 

To amend the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to provide further clarity for institutions of 

higher education, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2013 

Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. POE of Texas, Ms. CASTOR of 

Florida, Mr. ISSA, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. KING of New 

York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security 

Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to provide further clarity for institutions of higher education, 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 ‘‘Protecting Victims on 

5 Campus Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CAMPUS SECURITY POLICY AND 

2 CAMPUS CRIME STATISTICS. 

3 Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

4 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting be7 fore the semicolon the following: ‘‘, and making 

8 available to students and employees a list of the 

9 titles, in each department of the institution, of 

10 each individual who is a campus security au11 thority to whom students and employees should 

12 report the criminal offenses described in sub13 paragraph (F)’’; and 

14 (B) in subparagraph (F)(i)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

16 subclause (VIII); and 

17 (ii) by adding the following at the 

18 end: 

19 ‘‘(X) criminal offenses involving 

20 minors; and’’; 

21 (2) by repealing paragraph (2); 

22 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘Each’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 

24 Each’’; 


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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘, that keeps confidential 

2 the personally identifiable information of vic3 tims,’’ after ‘‘that is timely’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘(B) In carrying out the requirements of 

6 subparagraph (A), an institution shall— 

7 ‘‘(i) designate an individual who is fa8 miliar with the requirements of this sub9 section to serve as a campus security au10 thority coordinator to— 

11 ‘‘(I) oversee campus security au12 thorities; 

13 ‘‘(II) solicit and compile the 

14 crimes described in subparagraph (F) 

15 of paragraph (1) reported to such au16 thorities for the purpose of including 

17 such information in the timely reports 

18 required under this paragraph; and 

19 ‘‘(III) ensure that when a crime 

20 of violence (as defined in section 16 of 

21 title 18, United States Codes) is re22 ported to a campus security authority, 

23 the authority reports the crime to 

24 local law police agencies; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) establish policies or procedures 

2 for training campus security authorities 

3 and the campus security authority coordi4 nator; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) employ or designate an indi6 vidual or other entity to conduct such 

7 training using the policies or procedures 

8 established under clause (ii), upon receiv9 ing approval from the Secretary for such 

10 individual or other entity to conduct such 

11 training.’’; 

12 (4) in paragraph (13)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘Upon’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 

14 Upon’’; 

15 (B) by inserting ‘‘which distinguishes be16 tween institutional neglect and intentional mis17 representation or withholding of information,’’ 

18 after ‘‘this subsection,’’; 

19 (C) by inserting ‘‘, except that the Sec20 retary shall impose a larger civil penalty in the 

21 case of an institution of higher education deter22 mined to have intentionally violated this sub23 section, as compared to an institution of higher 

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1 lation of this subsection by an institution of 

2 higher education shall be subject to criminal 

3 prosecution’’ after ‘‘under section 

4 487(c)(3)(B)’’; and 

5 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(B) Prior to making a determination de7 scribed in subparagraph (A) with respect to an 

8 institution of higher education, the Secretary 

9 shall— 

10 ‘‘(i) conduct an investigation with re11 spect to the institution; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) provide the institution with a 

13 timeline of the investigation and a prelimi14 nary report that includes the reasons for 

15 conducting such investigation.’’; and 

16 (5) in paragraph (17), before the period insert 

17 the following: ‘‘or any individual because such indi18 vidual provided information or made a complaint to 

19 a law enforcement agency relating to the implemen20 tation of any provision of this subsection, provided 

21 that the individual acted in good faith when pro22 viding such information or making such complaint’’. 

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