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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4903 

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

accidents resulting in serious physical injuries or death at institutions 

of higher education, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 26, 2023 

Mr. COURTNEY (for himself, Mr. HIMES, Ms. MACE, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require 

reporting of certain accidents resulting in serious physical injuries or death at 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 ‘‘College Operational 

5 Reporting of Emergencies involving teens and Young 

6 adults Safety Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘COREY Safety Act 

7 of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Accidental injuries are estimated to be the 

4 leading cause of student death at institutions of 

5 higher education. 

6 (2) A substantial and critical void exists in the 

7 data collected, and metrics used, to identify, man8 age, and minimize serious physical injury and death 

9 on the campuses of institutions of higher education. 

10 (3) Expanding transparency by the reporting of 

11 accidents that lead to serious physical injuries or 

12 death in institution of higher education communities 

13 will allow more informed decision making. 

14 (4) The data gathered from such reports will 

15 also— 

16 (A) help institutions of higher education 

17 prioritize all angles of safety; 

18 (B) help public health agencies conduct re19 search on injury and fatality prevention among 

20 postsecondary students; and 

21 (C) inform larger-scale reforms at the Fed22 eral and State levels to improve campus safety. 


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1 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CLERY ACT TO ACCIDENTS RESULT2 ING IN SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY OR 

3 DEATH. 

4 (a) REPORTING OF ACCIDENT STATISTICS.—Section 

5 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

6 1092(f)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) 

9 through (J) as subparagraphs (J) through (M), 

10 respectively; and 

11 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (F) 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(G) Statistics concerning the occurrence on 

14 campus during the most recent calendar year, and 

15 during the 2 preceding calendar years for which data 

16 are available, of accidents that result in serious 

17 physical injury, in the aggregate and disaggregated 

18 by the following categories: 

19 ‘‘(i) Transportation on foot or via bikes, 

20 scooters, skateboards, longboards, or motor ve21 hicles. 

22 ‘‘(ii) Slips and falls, in the aggregate and 

23 from low heights, mid heights, and high 

24 heights. 

25 ‘‘(iii) Alcohol or drug overdoses. 

26 ‘‘(iv) Choking or drowning. 


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1 ‘‘(v) Any other specific category of acci2 dents identified by the institution. 

3 ‘‘(vi) All other accidents. 

4 ‘‘(H) Statistics concerning the occurrence on 

5 campus during the most recent calendar year, and 

6 during the 2 preceding calendar years for which data 

7 are available, of accidents that result in death, in the 

8 aggregate and disaggregated by the categories de9 scribed in clauses (i) through (vi) of subparagraph 

10 (G). 

11 ‘‘(I) A description of any plans to address defi12 cient or dangerous facilities on campus (as defined 

13 in paragraph (6)(A)) that have caused serious phys14 ical injury (as defined in such paragraph) or 

15 death.’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

17 (1)(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (F), (G), and 

18 (H) of paragraph (1)’’; and 

19 (3) in paragraph (6)(A)— 

20 (A) by redesignating clause (v) as clause 

21 (vi); and 

22 (B) by inserting after clause (iv) the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(v) The term ‘serious physical injury’ means 

25 physical injury that creates a substantial risk of 


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1 death, or that causes serious disfigurement, serious 

2 impairment of health or serious loss, or impairment 

3 of the function of any bodily organ.’’. 

4 (b) REPORTING CLOSEST TRAUMA CENTERS.—Sec5 tion 485(f)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

6 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)), as amended by subsection (a)(1)(A), 

7 is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(N)(i) A statement including the names, ad9 dresses, and distances from campus of— 

10 ‘‘(I) the Level I trauma center closest to 

11 the campus of the institution; and 

12 ‘‘(II) the Level II trauma center, or other 

13 hospital, that is closest to the campus of the in14 stitution. 

15 ‘‘(ii) In addition to including the statement de16 scribed in clause (i) in the annual campus safety re17 port required under this paragraph, the institution 

18 shall post such statement prominently on campus 

19 and on the website of the institution.’’. 

20 (c) MAKING CAMPUS SAFETY INFORMATION PUB21 LICLY AVAILABLE.—The matter preceding subparagraph 

22 (A) of section 485(f)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 

23 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)) is amended— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘and to any applicant’’ and in25 serting ‘‘to any applicant’’; 


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1 (2) by inserting ‘‘and to the public through the 

2 public website of the institution,’’ after ‘‘upon re3 quest,’’; and 

4 (3) by striking ‘‘annual security report’’ and all 

5 that follows through the colon and inserting ‘‘annual 

6 campus safety report. The annual campus safety re7 port shall be written and organized in a manner that 

8 is easily understandable by students and families 

9 and shall contain at least the following information 

10 with respect to the campus security policies and 

11 campus crime and safety statistics of that institu12 tion:’’. 

13 (d) UPDATING CAMPUS SAFETY REPORT TITLE.— 

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

15 U.S.C. 1092) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(O), by striking ‘‘cam17 pus crime report’’ and inserting ‘‘campus safety re18 port’’; and 

19 (2) in the subsection heading of subsection (f), 

20 by inserting ‘‘AND SAFETY’’ before ‘‘STATISTICS’’. 

21 (e) GUIDANCE.—By not later than 2 years after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education 

23 shall issue guidance to institutions of higher education reVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:18 Aug 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4903.IH H4903

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1 garding the implementation of the amendments made by 

2 this section. 

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