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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5646 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 

Received 

AN ACT 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require 

institutions of higher education to disclose hazing incidents, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Campus Hazing 

3 Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF HAZING INCIDENTS IN ANNUAL SE5 CURITY REPORTS. 

6 (a) STATISTICS ON HAZING INCIDENTS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 485(f)(1)(F) of the 

8 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

9 1092(f)(1)(F)) is amended— 

10 (A) in clause (i)(IX), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

11 after the semicolon; 

12 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

13 the semicolon; 

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

15 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(iv) of hazing incidents that were re18 ported to campus security authorities or 

19 local police agencies.’’. 

20 (2) COMPILATION OF HAZING INCIDENTS.—Sec21 tion 485(f)(7) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

22 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(7)) is amended by inserting after 

23 the second sentence the following: ‘‘For hazing inci24 dents referred to in clause (iv) of paragraph (1)(F), 

25 such statistics shall be compiled per each single haz26 ing incident and in accordance with the definition of 


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1 the term ‘hazing’ in paragraph (6)(A)(vi), and if the 

2 same person or persons commit more than one haz3 ing act, and the time and place intervals separating 

4 each such act are insignificant, such acts shall be re5 ported as a single hazing incident.’’. 

6 (3) BEGINNING OF COMPILATION OF HAZING

7 STATISTICS.—Not later than January 1 of the first 

8 year after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

9 eligible institution participating in any program 

10 under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

11 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), other than a foreign insti12 tution of higher education, shall begin to collect sta13 tistics on hazing incidents for the purpose of com14 plying with clause (iv) of section 485(f)(1)(F) of 

15 such Act, as added by paragraph (1) of this sub16 section. 

17 (4) DEFINITION OF HAZING.—Section 

18 485(f)(6)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

19 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(6)(A)) is amended by adding at 

20 the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(vi) The term ‘hazing’, for purposes of report22 ing statistics on hazing incidents under paragraph 

23 (1)(F)(iv), means any intentional, knowing, or reck24 less act committed by a person (whether individually 

25 or in concert with other persons) against another 


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1 person or persons regardless of the willingness of 

2 such other person or persons to participate, that— 

3 ‘‘(I) is committed in the course of an initi4 ation into, an affiliation with, or the mainte5 nance of membership in, a student organization; 

6 and 

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

8 reasonable risk encountered in the course of 

9 participation in the institution of higher edu10 cation or the organization (such as the physical 

11 preparation necessary for participation in an 

12 athletic team), of physical or psychological in13 jury including— 

14 ‘‘(aa) whipping, beating, striking, elec15 tronic shocking, placing of a harmful sub16 stance on someone’s body, or similar activ17 ity; 

18 ‘‘(bb) causing, coercing, or otherwise 

19 inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the 

20 elements, confinement in a small space, ex21 treme calisthenics, or other similar activity; 

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

23 inducing another person to consume food, 

24 liquid, alcohol, drugs, or other substances; 


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

2 inducing another person to perform sexual 

3 acts; 

4 ‘‘(ee) any activity that places another 

5 person in reasonable fear of bodily harm 

6 through the use of threatening words or 

7 conduct; 

8 ‘‘(ff) any activity against another per9 son that includes a criminal violation of 

10 local, State, Tribal, or Federal law; and 

11 ‘‘(gg) any activity that induces, 

12 causes, or requires another person to per13 form a duty or task that involves a crimi14 nal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Fed15 eral law.’’. 

16 (5) DEFINITION OF STUDENT ORGANIZATION.— 

17 Section 485(f)(6)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 

18 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(6)(A)) is further amended 

19 by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(vii) The term ‘student organization’, for pur21 poses of reporting under paragraph (1)(F)(iv) and 

22 paragraph (9)(A), means an organization at an in23 stitution of higher education (such as a club, society, 

24 association, varsity or junior varsity athletic team, 

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1 dent government) in which two or more of the mem2 bers are students enrolled at the institution of high3 er education, whether or not the organization is es4 tablished or recognized by the institution.’’. 

5 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY AND PREVENTION PRO6 GRAM ON HAZING.—Section 485(f)(1) of the Higher Edu7 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)) is amended by 

8 inserting after subparagraph (J) the following: 

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

10 hazing (as defined by the institution), how to report 

11 incidents of such hazing, and the process used to in12 vestigate such incidents of hazing, and information 

13 on applicable local, State, and Tribal laws on hazing 

14 (as defined by such local, State, and Tribal laws). 

15 ‘‘(L) A statement of policy regarding prevention 

16 and awareness programs related to hazing (as de17 fined by the institution) that includes a description 

18 of research-informed campus-wide prevention pro19 grams designed to reach students, staff, and faculty, 

20 which includes— 

21 ‘‘(i) the information referred to in subpara22 graph (K); and 

23 ‘‘(ii) primary prevention strategies in24 tended to stop hazing before hazing occurs, 

25 which may include skill building for bystander 


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1 intervention, information about ethical leader2 ship, and the promotion of strategies for build3 ing group cohesion without hazing.’’. 

4 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.—The amend5 ments made by this section shall— 

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

7 after the date of enactment of this Act; and 

8 (2) apply with respect to the annual security re9 port required under section 485(f)(1) of the Higher 

10 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)) for 

11 the calendar year that is 2 years after such date of 

12 enactment, including any data collected on or after 

13 such effective date, and any subsequent report re14 quired under such section. 

15 SEC. 3. CAMPUS HAZING TRANSPARENCY REPORT. 

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

17 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is further amended— 

18 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through 

19 (18) as paragraphs (10) through (19), respectively; 

20 and 

21 (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(9)(A) Each institution participating in any pro24 gram under this title, other than a foreign institution of 

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1 stitution’s statement of policy relating to hazing under 

2 paragraph (1)(K), a report (which shall be referred to as 

3 the ‘Campus Hazing Transparency Report’) summarizing 

4 findings concerning any student organization (except that 

5 this shall only apply to student organizations that are es6 tablished or recognized by the institution) found to be in 

7 violation of an institution’s standards of conduct relating 

8 to hazing, as defined by the institution, (hereinafter re9 ferred to in this paragraph as a ‘hazing violation’) that 

10 requires the institution to— 

11 ‘‘(i) beginning July 1, 2025, collect information 

12 with respect to hazing incidents at the institution; 

13 ‘‘(ii) not later than 12 months after the date of 

14 the enactment of the Stop Campus Hazing Act, 

15 make the Campus Hazing Transparency Report 

16 publicly available on the public website of the insti17 tution; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) not less frequently than 2 times each 

19 year, update the Campus Hazing Transparency Re20 port to include, for the period beginning on the date 

21 on which the Report was last published and ending 

22 on the date on which such update is submitted, each 

23 incident involving a student organization for which a 

24 finding of responsibility is issued relating to a haz25 ing violation, including— 


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1 ‘‘(I) the name of such student organiza2 tion; 

3 ‘‘(II) a general description of the violation 

4 that resulted in a finding of responsibility, in5 cluding whether the violation involved the abuse 

6 or illegal use of alcohol or drugs, the findings 

7 of the institution, and any sanctions placed on 

8 the student organization by the institution, as 

9 applicable; and 

10 ‘‘(III) the dates on which— 

11 ‘‘(aa) the incident was alleged to have 

12 occurred; 

13 ‘‘(bb) the investigation into the inci14 dent was initiated; 

15 ‘‘(cc) the investigation ended with a 

16 finding that a hazing violation occurred; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(dd) the institution provided notice 

19 to the student organization that the inci20 dent resulted in a hazing violation. 

21 ‘‘(B) The Campus Hazing Transparency Report may 

22 include— 

23 ‘‘(i) to satisfy the requirements of this para24 graph, information that— 


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1 ‘‘(I) is included as part of a report pub2 lished by the institution; and 

3 ‘‘(II) meets the requirements of the Cam4 pus Hazing Transparency Report; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) any additional information— 

6 ‘‘(I) determined by the institution to be 

7 necessary; or 

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

9 ‘‘(C) The Campus Hazing Transparency Report shall 

10 not include any personally identifiable information, includ11 ing any information that would reveal personally identifi12 able information, about any individual student in accord13 ance with section 444 of the General Education Provisions 

14 Act (commonly known as the ‘Family Educational Rights 

15 and Privacy Act of 1974’). 

16 ‘‘(D) The institution shall publish, in a prominent lo17 cation on the public website of the institution, the Campus 

18 Hazing Transparency Report, including— 

19 ‘‘(i) a statement notifying the public of the an20 nual availability of statistics on hazing pursuant to 

21 the report required under paragraph (1)(F), includ22 ing a link to such report; 

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

24 relating to hazing under paragraph (1)(K) and ap25 plicable local, State, and Tribal laws on hazing; and 


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

2 required under subparagraph (A)(iii), which shall be 

3 maintained for a period of 5 calendar years from the 

4 date of publication of such update. 

5 ‘‘(E) The institution may include, as part of the pub6 lication of the Campus Hazing Transparency Report 

7 under subparagraph (D), a description of the purposes of, 

8 and differences between— 

9 ‘‘(i) the report required under paragraph 

10 (1)(F); and 

11 ‘‘(ii) the Campus Hazing Transparency Report 

12 required under this paragraph. 

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

14 of ‘campus’ under paragraph (6)(A)(ii) shall not apply. 

15 ‘‘(G) An institution described in subparagraph (A) is 

16 not required to— 

17 ‘‘(i) develop the Campus Hazing Transparency 

18 Report under this subsection until such institution 

19 has a finding of a hazing violation; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) update the Campus Hazing Transparency 

21 Report in accordance with clause (iii) of subpara22 graph (A) for a period described in such clause if 

23 such institution does not have a finding of a hazing 

24 violation for such period.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. JEANNE CLERY CAMPUS SAFETY ACT. 

2 Paragraph (19) of section 485(f) of the Higher Edu3 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(19)), as so redesig4 nated, is amended by striking ‘‘Jeanne Clery Disclosure 

5 of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics 

6 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act’’. 

7 SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

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

9 Act, shall be construed to affect the rights (including rem10 edies and procedures) available to persons under the First 

11 Amendment of the Constitution of the United States or 

12 rights to due process. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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