SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF CLERY ACT TO PROGRAMS OF 
STUDY ABROAD. 
(a) REPORTING OF CRIME STATISTICS.—Paragraph 
(12) of section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) while a student is participating in a pro-
gram of study abroad approved for credit by an in-
stitution of higher education, distinguished by 
whether the criminal offense occurred at a location 
described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D), or 
at another location, without regard to whether the 
institution owns or controls a building or property at 
such location.’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REPORTING
FOR PROGRAMS
OF 
STUDY ABROAD.—Section 485(f) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (18) as para-
graph (19); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (17), the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
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‘‘(18)(A) Each institution of higher education partici-
pating in any program under this title, other than a for-
eign institution of higher education, shall develop and dis-
tribute as part of the report described in paragraph (1), 
a statement that the institution has adopted and imple-
mented a program to protect students participating in a 
program of study abroad approved for credit by the insti-
tution from crime and harm while participating in such 
program of study abroad that, at a minimum, includes the 
following: 
‘‘(i) A biennial review by the institution of the 
programs of study abroad approved for credit by the 
institution to determine— 
‘‘(I) the effectiveness of the programs at 
protecting students from crime and harm, and 
whether changes to the programs are needed 
(based on the most recent guidance or other as-
sistance from the Secretary) and will be imple-
mented; 
‘‘(II) for the 10 years preceding the date 
of the report, the number (in the aggregate for 
all programs of study abroad approved for cred-
it by the institution) of— 
‘‘(aa) deaths of program participants 
occurring during program participation or 
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during any other activities during the 
study abroad period; 
‘‘(bb) accidents and illnesses occurring 
during program participation that resulted 
in hospitalization; 
‘‘(cc) sexual assaults against program 
participants occurring during program par-
ticipation; and 
‘‘(dd) incidents involving program 
participants during the program participa-
tion that resulted in police involvement or 
a police report; and 
‘‘(III) with respect to the incidents de-
scribed in items (aa) through (dd) of subclause 
(II), whether the incidents occurred— 
‘‘(aa) on campus; 
‘‘(bb) in or on a noncampus building 
or property; 
‘‘(cc) on public property; 
‘‘(dd) in dormitories or other residen-
tial facilities for students; or 
‘‘(ee) at a location not described in 
items (aa) through (dd) of this subclause, 
without regard to whether the institution 
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owns or controls a building or property at 
the location. 
‘‘(ii) The crime statistics described in para-
graph (12)(E). 
‘‘(B) An institution of higher education described in 
subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) provide each student who is interested in 
participating in a program of study abroad approved 
for credit by the institution, with a pre-trip orienta-
tion session and advising that includes— 
‘‘(I) a list of countries in which such pro-
grams of study abroad are located; 
‘‘(II) all current travel information, includ-
ing all travel warnings and travel alerts, issued 
by the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the De-
partment of State for such countries; and 
‘‘(III) the information described in clauses 
(i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), provided spe-
cifically for each program of study abroad ap-
proved for credit by the institution in which the 
student is considering participation; and 
‘‘(ii) provide each student who returns from 
such a program of study abroad with a post-trip ori-
entation session, including an exit interview that as-
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sists the institution in carrying out subparagraph 
(A) and clause (i) of this subparagraph. 
‘‘(C) An institution of higher education shall not 
disaggregate or otherwise distinguish information for pur-
poses of subparagraph (A) or (B) in a case in which the 
number of students in a category is insufficient to yield 
statistically reliable information or the results would reveal 
personally identifiable information about an individual 
student. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary shall periodically review a rep-
resentative sample of the programs described in subpara-
graph (A) that have been adopted and implemented by in-
stitutions of higher education to protect students partici-
pating in a program of study abroad described in subpara-
graph (A) from crime and harm while participating in 
such program of study abroad.’’. 
Æ 
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