‘‘(D) provide measurable goals and ex-
pected results from the use of the grants funds;
‘‘(E) provide assurances that the Federal
funds made available under this section shall be
used to supplement and, to the extent practical,
increase the level of funds that would, in the
absence of Federal funds, be made available by
the applicant for the purpose described in this
part; and
‘‘(F) include such other information and
assurances as the Secretary reasonably deter-
mines to be necessary.
‘‘(d) GRANTEE REPORTING.—Upon completion of the
grant period under this section, the grantee institution
shall file a performance report with the Secretary explain-
ing the activities carried out together with an assessment
of the effectiveness of those activities in achieving the pur-
poses of this section.
‘‘(e) GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—
‘‘(1) NONMONETARY ASSISTANCE.—In addition
to the assistance provided under this part, the Sec-
retary may request any Federal agency to use its
authorities and the resources granted to it under
Federal law (including personnel, equipment, sup-
plies, facilities, and managerial, technical and advi-
sory services) in support of campus security and in-
vestigation and victim service efforts.
‘‘(2) REPORTING.—Not later than 180 days
after the end of the fiscal year for which grants are
made under this part, the Secretary shall submit to
the committees of the House of Representatives and
the Senate responsible for issues relating to higher
education and crime, a report that includes—
‘‘(A) the number of grants and funds dis-
tributed under this part;
‘‘(B) a summary of the purposes for which
these grants were provided and an evaluation of
their progress;
‘‘(C) a statistical summary of the persons
served, detailing the nature of victimization,
and providing data on age, sex, race, ethnicity,
language, disability, relationship to offender, ge-
ographic distribution, and type of campus; and
‘‘(D) an evaluation of the effectiveness of
programs funded under this part.
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS OR GUIDELINES.—Not later
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this
part, the Secretary shall publish proposed regula-
tions or guidelines implementing this part. Not later
than 180 days after the date of enactment, the Sec-
retary shall publish final regulations or guidelines
implementing this part.
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this part—
‘‘(1) the term ‘domestic violence’ includes acts
or threats of violence, not including acts of self-de-
fense, committed by a current or former spouse of
the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares
a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating
with or has cohabitated with the victim, by a person
similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the
domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction,
or by any other person against a victim who is pro-
tected from that person’s acts under the domestic or
family violence laws of the jurisdiction;
‘‘(2) the term ‘sexual assault’ means any con-
duct proscribed by chapter 109A of title 18, United
States Code, whether or not the conduct occurs in
the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of
the United States or in a Federal prison and in-
cludes both assaults committed by offenders who are
strangers to the victim and assaults committed by
offenders who are known or related by blood or mar-
riage to the victim; and
‘‘(3) the term ‘victim services’ means a non-
profit, nongovernmental organization that assists do-
mestic violence or sexual assault victims, including
campus women’s centers, rape crisis centers, bat-
tered women’s shelters, and other sexual assault or
domestic violence programs including campus coun-
seling support and victim advocate organizations
with domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault
programs, whether or not organized and staffed by
students.
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this part, there are authorized to
be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the 4 succeeding
fiscal years.’’.
(b) PROCEDURES FOR THE REPORT OF SEXUAL AS-
SAULTS.—Title XII is further amended by adding after
section 1214 (as added by subsection (a)) the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 1215. NATIONAL BASELINE STUDY ON UNIVERSITY
CAMPUS PROCEDURES IN CASE OF A REPORT
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
‘‘(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Education, in con-
sultation with the Department of Justice, shall provide for
a national baseline study to examine college and university
procedures upon receiving the report of a sexual assault.
‘‘(b) REPORT.—The study required by subsection (a)
shall include the analysis of—
‘‘(1) the existence and publication of the insti-
tution’s and State law definition of sexual assault;
‘‘(2) the existence and publication of the insti-
tution’s formal policy for campus sexual assaults;
‘‘(3) to whom reports are stated most often
and—
‘‘(A) how these authorities are trained to
deal with the reports; and
‘‘(B) the extent to which they are trained;
‘‘(4) the reporting options which are articulated
to the victim or victims of the crime—
‘‘(A) on-campus reporting and procedure
options; and
‘‘(B) off-campus (State) reporting and pro-
cedure options;
‘‘(5) the resources available for victims’ safety,
support, medical health, and confidentiality, includ-
ing—
‘‘(A) how well these resources are articu-
lated both specifically to the victim of sexual as-
sault and generally to the campus at large; and
‘‘(B) the security of these resources in
terms of confidentiality or reputation or both;
‘‘(6) policies and practices that may prevent or
discourage the reporting of campus sexual assaults
to local criminal authorities, or that may otherwise
obstruct justice or interfere with the prosecution of
perpetrators of campus sexual assaults;
‘‘(7) policies and practices found successful in
aiding the report and any ensuing investigation or
prosecution of a campus sexual assault;
‘‘(8) the on-campus procedures for investigation
and disciplining the perpetrator, including—
‘‘(A) the format for collecting evidence;
and
‘‘(B) the format of the investigation and
disciplinary proceeding itself—
‘‘(i) the faculty responsible for run-
ning the disciplinary procedure; and
‘‘(ii) the persons allowed to attend the
disciplinary procedure; and
‘‘(9) types of punishment for offenders, includ-
ing—
‘‘(A) whether case directed outside to fur-
ther punishment; and
‘‘(B) how individual institutions of higher
education punish perpetrators.
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—The report required
by subsection (b) shall be submitted to Congress no later
than September 1, 1999.
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘campus sexual assaults’ includes sexual assaults oc-
curring at institutions of higher education and sexual as-
saults committed against or by students or employees of
such institutions.
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.’’.
SEC. 7. GRADUATE PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
Title IX of the Act is amended to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE 
IX—NATIONAL 
GRAD-
UATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 901. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
‘‘It is the purpose of this title to authorize a national
graduate fellowship program in order to attract students
of superior ability, demonstrated achievement, and excep-
tional promise into high-quality graduate programs and
provide them with the financial support necessary to com-
plete graduate programs for the purpose of increasing the
number of talented students pursuing teaching and re-
search careers in areas of national need; encouraging tal-
ented students to pursue scholarly careers in the human-
ities, social sciences and the arts; and increasing the num-
ber of talented students from groups underrepresented in
graduate education to pursue faculty careers in higher
education.
‘‘SEC. 902. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall, either
directly or by contract as authorized by paragraph
(2) of this subsection, carry out the graduate fellow-
ship program authorized by this title.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL CONTRACTING RULE.—The Sec-
retary is authorized to enter into a contract with a
nongovernmental organization which demonstrates
the capacity to administer graduate fellowship pro-
grams, to carry out all or part of the functions of
the Secretary under this title.
‘‘(b) DEGREE RULE.—The fellowships authorized by
this title shall be awarded to students intending to pursue
a doctoral degree, except that fellowships may be awarded
to students pursuing a master’s degree in fields in which
the master’s degree is commonly accepted as the appro-
priate degree for a tenured-track faculty position in a bac-
calaureate degree-granting institution, or for fellowships
for scholars from underrepresented groups, masters pro-
grams that place a substantial portion of their graduates
in doctoral programs.
‘‘(c) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding
grants under this title (other than fellowships awarded
under section 907), and to the extent practicable, the Sec-
retary shall ensure—
‘‘(1) an equitable geographic distribution of
such grants; and
‘‘(2) that both public and private institutions of
higher education are fairly represented among the
grant recipients.
‘‘(d) PEER REVIEW PROCEDURE.—The Secretary
shall use a peer review process in awarding grants and
fellowships under this title. In carrying out this sub-
section, the Secretary shall use distinguished academic
scholars from appropriate disciplines to judge the quality
and effectiveness of academic programs and the achieve-
ment and promise of students applying to the program
authorized by this title.
‘‘SEC. 903. FELLOWSHIPS AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Both—
‘‘(1) the institution of higher education (and
academic department or program of such an institu-
tion) receiving a grant under this title for fellow-
ships described in section 906 and 908; and
‘‘(2) the Secretary in the case of fellowships de-
scribed in section 907;
shall award fellowships in an amount equal to the amount
awarded to National Science Foundation graduate fellow-
ship recipients for the year in which the fellowship is
awarded, or an amount based on the financial need of the
recipient (as determined by the institution), whichever is
less.
‘‘(b) INSTITUTIONAL PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall (in ad-
dition to stipends paid to individuals under this title)
pay to the institution of higher education, for each
individual awarded a fellowship under this title at
such institution, an institutional allowance. Except
as provided in paragraph (2), such allowance shall,
with respect to individuals who first receive fellow-
ships during or after academic year 1998–1999,
be—
‘‘(A) $10,000 for the academic year 1998–
1999; and
‘‘(B) 
for 
succeeding 
academic 
years,
$10,000 adjusted annually thereafter in accord-
ance with inflation as determined by the De-
partment of Labor’s Consumer Price Index for
the previous calendar year.
‘‘(2) REDUCTION.—The institutional allowance
paid under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the
amount the institution charges and collects from a
fellowship recipient for tuition and other expenses as
part of the recipient’s instructional program.
‘‘(c) DURATION.—The fellowships awarded under
this title shall be 3 years.
‘‘(d) USE FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES PROHIBITED.—
No fellowship may be awarded under this title for study
at a school or department of divinity.
‘‘SEC. 904. FELLOWSHIP CONDITIONS.
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS.—An individ-
ual awarded a fellowship under this title shall continue
to receive the payments provided in section 903 only dur-
ing such periods as the institution of higher education de-
termines that the individual is maintaining satisfactory
proficiency in, and devoting essentially full time to, study
or research in the field in which such fellowship was
awarded, in an institution of higher education, and is not
engaging in gainful employment other than part-time em-
ployment by such institution in teaching, research, or simi-
lar activities, approved by the Secretary.
‘‘(b) REPORTS FROM RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary is
authorized to require reports from institutions attended
by individuals awarded fellowships under this title to verify
that the individuals are devoting essentially full time to
the program for which the fellowship was awarded.
‘‘SEC. 905. CONSULTATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—After consultation with the Na-
tional Research Council of the National Academy of
Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the
Institute of Medicine, and other appropriate Federal and
nonprofit agencies and organizations, the Secretary
shall—
‘‘(1) designate areas of national need;
‘‘(2) set the minimum allocation for selections
of fellows in the humanities, social sciences, and the
arts; and
‘‘(3) set forth the academic disciplines in which
there is underrepresentation.
In making designations under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall take into account the extent to which the in-
terest is compelling and the extent to which other Federal
programs support postbaccalaureate study in the area con-
cerned.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL PAYMENT RULE.—The Secretary is
authorized to pay the expenses of the National Research
Council in carrying out subsection (a).
‘‘SEC. 906. FELLOWSHIPS IN AREAS OF NATIONAL NEED.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants
to academic departments and programs and other aca-
demic units of institutions of higher education that pro-
vide courses of study leading to a graduate degree in order