H. R. 5646 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 

An Act 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher 

education to disclose hazing incidents, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Campus Hazing Act’’. 

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF HAZING INCIDENTS IN ANNUAL SECURITY 

REPORTS. 

(a) STATISTICS ON HAZING INCIDENTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 485(f)(1)(F) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)(F)) is amended— 

(A) in clause (i)(IX), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

(C) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end 

and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(D) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(iv) of hazing incidents that were reported to campus security authorities or local police agencies.’’. 

(2) COMPILATION OF HAZING INCIDENTS.—Section 485(f)(7) 

of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(7)) 

is amended by inserting after the second sentence the following: 

‘‘For hazing incidents referred to in clause (iv) of paragraph 

(1)(F), such statistics shall be compiled per each single hazing 

incident and in accordance with the definition of the term 

‘hazing’ in paragraph (6)(A)(vi), and if the same person or 

persons commit more than one hazing act, and the time and 

place intervals separating each such act are insignificant, such 

acts shall be reported as a single hazing incident.’’. 

(3) BEGINNING OF COMPILATION OF HAZING STATISTICS.— 

Not later than January 1 of the first year after the date 

of enactment of this Act, each eligible institution participating 

in any program under title IV of the Higher Education Act 

of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), other than a foreign institution 

of higher education, shall begin to collect statistics on hazing 

incidents for the purpose of complying with clause (iv) of section 

485(f)(1)(F) of such Act, as added by paragraph (1) of this 

subsection. 

(4) DEFINITION OF HAZING.—Section 485(f)(6)(A) of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(6)(A)) is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(vi) The term ‘hazing’, for purposes of reporting statistics 

on hazing incidents under paragraph (1)(F)(iv), means any 

intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person 

(whether individually or in concert with other persons) against 

another person or persons regardless of the willingness of such 

other person or persons to participate, that— 

‘‘(I) is committed in the course of an initiation into, 

an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, 

a student organization; and 

‘‘(II) causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable 

risk encountered in the course of participation in the 

institution of higher education or the organization (such 

as the physical preparation necessary for participation in 

an athletic team), of physical or psychological injury 

including— 

‘‘(aa) whipping, beating, striking, electronic 

shocking, placing of a harmful substance on someone’s 

body, or similar activity; 

‘‘(bb) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep 

deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in 

a small space, extreme calisthenics, or other similar 

activity; 

‘‘(cc) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing 

another person to consume food, liquid, alcohol, drugs, 

or other substances; 

‘‘(dd) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing 

another person to perform sexual acts; 

‘‘(ee) any activity that places another person in 

reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of 

threatening words or conduct; 

‘‘(ff) any activity against another person that 

includes a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, 

or Federal law; and 

‘‘(gg) any activity that induces, causes, or requires 

another person to perform a duty or task that involves 

a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal 

law.’’. 

(5) DEFINITION OF STUDENT ORGANIZATION.—Section 

485(f)(6)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

1092(f)(6)(A)) is further amended by adding at the end the 

following: 

‘‘(vii) The term ‘student organization’, for purposes of 

reporting under paragraph (1)(F)(iv) and paragraph (9)(A), 

means an organization at an institution of higher education 

(such as a club, society, association, varsity or junior varsity 

athletic team, club sports team, fraternity, sorority, band, or 

student government) in which two or more of the members 

are students enrolled at the institution of higher education, 

whether or not the organization is established or recognized 

by the institution.’’. 

(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY AND PREVENTION PROGRAM ON

HAZING.—Section 485(f)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

(20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)) is amended by inserting after subparagraph 

(J) the following: 

‘‘(K) A statement of current policies relating to hazing 

(as defined by the institution), how to report incidents of such 

hazing, and the process used to investigate such incidents of 
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hazing, and information on applicable local, State, and Tribal 

laws on hazing (as defined by such local, State, and Tribal 

laws). 

‘‘(L) A statement of policy regarding prevention and awareness programs related to hazing (as defined by the institution) 

that includes a description of research-informed campus-wide 

prevention programs designed to reach students, staff, and 

faculty, which includes— 

‘‘(i) the information referred to in subparagraph (K); 

and 

‘‘(ii) primary prevention strategies intended to stop 

hazing before hazing occurs, which may include skill 

building for bystander intervention, information about ethical leadership, and the promotion of strategies for building 

group cohesion without hazing.’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.—The amendments made by 

this section shall— 

(1) take effect on the date that is 6 months after the 

date of enactment of this Act; and 

(2) apply with respect to the annual security report required 

under section 485(f)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

(20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)) for the calendar year that is 2 years 

after such date of enactment, including any data collected on 

or after such effective date, and any subsequent report required 

under such section. 

SEC. 3. CAMPUS HAZING TRANSPARENCY REPORT. 

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

1092(f)) is further amended— 

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (18) as paragraphs (10) through (19), respectively; and 

(2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following: 

‘‘(9)(A) Each institution participating in any program under 

this title, other than a foreign institution of higher education, 

shall develop, in accordance with the institution’s statement of 

policy relating to hazing under paragraph (1)(K), a report (which 

shall be referred to as the ‘Campus Hazing Transparency Report’) 

summarizing findings concerning any student organization (except 

that this shall only apply to student organizations that are established or recognized by the institution) found to be in violation 

of an institution’s standards of conduct relating to hazing, as defined 

by the institution, (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as 

a ‘hazing violation’) that requires the institution to— 

‘‘(i) beginning July 1, 2025, collect information with respect 

to hazing incidents at the institution; 

‘‘(ii) not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of the Stop Campus Hazing Act, make the Campus Hazing 

Transparency Report publicly available on the public website 

of the institution; and 

‘‘(iii) not less frequently than 2 times each year, update 

the Campus Hazing Transparency Report to include, for the 

period beginning on the date on which the Report was last 

published and ending on the date on which such update is 

submitted, each incident involving a student organization for 

which a finding of responsibility is issued relating to a hazing 

violation, including— 

‘‘(I) the name of such student organization; 
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‘‘(II) a general description of the violation that resulted 

in a finding of responsibility, including whether the violation involved the abuse or illegal use of alcohol or drugs, 

the findings of the institution, and any sanctions placed 

on the student organization by the institution, as 

applicable; and 

‘‘(III) the dates on which— 

‘‘(aa) the incident was alleged to have occurred; 

‘‘(bb) the investigation into the incident was initiated; 

‘‘(cc) the investigation ended with a finding that 

a hazing violation occurred; and 

‘‘(dd) the institution provided notice to the student 

organization that the incident resulted in a hazing 

violation. 

‘‘(B) The Campus Hazing Transparency Report may include— 

‘‘(i) to satisfy the requirements of this paragraph, information that— 

‘‘(I) is included as part of a report published by the 

institution; and 

‘‘(II) meets the requirements of the Campus Hazing 

Transparency Report; and 

‘‘(ii) any additional information— 

‘‘(I) determined by the institution to be necessary; or 

‘‘(II) reported as required by State law. 

‘‘(C) The Campus Hazing Transparency Report shall not include 

any personally identifiable information, including any information 

that would reveal personally identifiable information, about any 

individual student in accordance with section 444 of the General 

Education Provisions Act (commonly known as the ‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’). 

‘‘(D) The institution shall publish, in a prominent location on 

the public website of the institution, the Campus Hazing Transparency Report, including— 

‘‘(i) a statement notifying the public of the annual availability of statistics on hazing pursuant to the report required 

under paragraph (1)(F), including a link to such report; 

‘‘(ii) information about the institution’s policies relating 

to hazing under paragraph (1)(K) and applicable local, State, 

and Tribal laws on hazing; and 

‘‘(iii) the information included in each update required 

under subparagraph (A)(iii), which shall be maintained for a 

period of 5 calendar years from the date of publication of 

such update. 

‘‘(E) The institution may include, as part of the publication 

of the Campus Hazing Transparency Report under subparagraph 

(D), a description of the purposes of, and differences between— 

‘‘(i) the report required under paragraph (1)(F); and 

‘‘(ii) the Campus Hazing Transparency Report required 

under this paragraph. 

‘‘(F) For purposes of this paragraph, the definition of ‘campus’ 

under paragraph (6)(A)(ii) shall not apply. 

‘‘(G) An institution described in subparagraph (A) is not 

required to— 

‘‘(i) develop the Campus Hazing Transparency Report under 

this subsection until such institution has a finding of a hazing 

violation; or 
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‘‘(ii) update the Campus Hazing Transparency Report in 

accordance with clause (iii) of subparagraph (A) for a period 

described in such clause if such institution does not have a 

finding of a hazing violation for such period.’’. 

SEC. 4. JEANNE CLERY CAMPUS SAFETY ACT. 

Paragraph (19) of section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act 

of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(19)), as so redesignated, is amended 

by striking ‘‘Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy 

and Campus Crime Statistics Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Jeanne Clery 

Campus Safety Act’’. 

SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

Nothing in this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, shall 

be construed to affect the rights (including remedies and procedures) 

available to persons under the First Amendment of the Constitution 

of the United States or rights to due process. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.