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 Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)(F)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (i)(IX), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon; 
(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 cam-
pus 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 aware-
ness 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 eth-
ical 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 para-
graphs (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 estab-
lished 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 enact-
ment 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 viola-
tion 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 initi-
ated; 
‘‘(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, informa-
tion 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 Edu-
cational 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 Trans-
parency Report, including— 
‘‘(i) a statement notifying the public of the annual avail-
ability 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.