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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3043
To amend section 485(f)(1)(F) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to
provide for the disclosure of all criminal incidents that manifest evidence
of prejudice based on race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity,
or disability.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 13, 1997
Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend section 485(f)(1)(F) of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 to provide for the disclosure of all criminal
incidents that manifest evidence of prejudice based on
race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or
disability.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DISCLOSURE.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Campus Hate Crimes Right to Know Act of 1997’’.
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the incidence of violence on college cam-
puses based on race, gender, religion, sexual orienta-
tion, ethnicity, or disability poses a serious national
problem;
(2) such violence disrupts the tranquility and
safety of campuses and is deeply divisive;
(3) hate crimes include crimes in which the per-
petrator intentionally selects a victim because of the
actual or perceived race, gender, religion, sexual ori-
entation, ethnicity, or disability of the victim;
(4) existing Federal reporting requirements
only require colleges and universities to report hate
crimes that result in murder, rape, or aggravated as-
sault;
(5) existing reporting requirements are inad-
equate to deal with the problem of hate crimes since
the vast majority of hate crimes that occur on col-
lege campuses do not result in murder, rape, or ag-
gravated assault;
(6) existing reporting requirements are inad-
equate because the requirements do not require col-
leges and universities to report hate crimes that tar-
get victims because of the victims’ gender or disabil-
ity;
(7) omitting certain hate crimes from official
campus crime reports may result in a false sense of
security among students and apathy from campus
officials;
(8) omitting certain hate crimes from official
campus crime reports deprives students and parents
of the students of vital information necessary to pro-
tect the students against such crimes and to make
informed decisions in choosing a college or univer-
sity;
(9) requiring postsecondary institutions to re-
port all hate crimes that occur on their campuses
will provide students and parents of the students
with vital information so that the students may bet-
ter protect themselves against such crimes; and
(10) requiring postsecondary institutions to re-
port all hate crimes that occur on their campuses
will encourage college officials to raise awareness
about such crimes and develop programs and strate-
gies to combat such crimes.
(c) AMENDMENT.—Section 485(f)(1)(F) of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)(F)) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating clauses (i) through (vi) as
subclauses (I) through (VI), respectively;
(2) by striking ‘‘Statistics’’ and inserting ‘‘(i)
Statistics’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(ii) Statistics concerning the occurrence on
campus, during the most recent calendar year, and
during the 2 preceding calendar years for which data
are available, of all criminal incidents that manifest
evidence of prejudice based on actual or perceived
race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity,
or disability that are reported to campus security
authorities or local police agencies. The statistics
shall be collected and reported according to category
of prejudice.’’.
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