(2) an examination of issues of recruiting, re-
tention, and the professional development of such 
workforce, including the possibility of providing re-
tention bonuses or other forms of compensation for 
the purpose of ensuring the Department of Edu-
cation has the capacity, in both personnel and skills, 
needed to properly perform its mission and provide 
adequate oversight of educational institutions; 
(3) an assessment of the benefits of outreach 
and training with both law enforcement agencies and 
institutions of higher education with respect to such 
workforce; 
(4) an examination of best practices for making 
institutions of higher education aware of the most 
effective campus sexual violence prevention, inves-
tigation, and response practices and identifying 
areas where more research should be conducted; and 
(5) strategies for addressing such other matters 
as the Secretary of Education considers necessary to 
campus sexual violence prevention, investigation, and 
responses. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Campus Sexual Violence 
Task Force shall report to Congress on an annual basis, 
and make publicly available, a report of its activities and 
any update of the plan required under subsection (c), in-
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cluding the number of complaints received regarding sex-
ual violence (including violence on the basis of sexual ori-
entation and gender identity), the number of open inves-
tigations, the average time to complete an investigation, 
the number of investigations initiated based on com-
plaints, and the number of investigations initiated by the 
Department of Education. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) TITLE
IX
OF
THE
EDUCATION
AMEND-
MENTS OF 1972.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for training, hiring, and retaining a work-
force exclusively dedicated to investigation and en-
forcement of title IX of the Education Amendments 
of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) provisions with re-
spect to sexual violence, for fiscal year 2019 and 
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years, an amount 
that is equal to the sum of the amounts appro-
priated for such purpose for fiscal year 2018 plus 
$5,000,000. 
(2) SECTION 485(f) OF
THE
HIGHER
EDU-
CATION ACT OF 1965.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated for training, hiring, and retaining a 
workforce exclusively dedicated to investigation and 
enforcement of section 485(f) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)), for fiscal 
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year 2019 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years, 
an amount that is equal to the sum of the amounts 
appropriated for such purpose for fiscal year 2018 
plus $5,000,000. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘educational institution’’ includes 
an institution of higher education, an elementary 
school, or a secondary school. 
(2) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec-
ondary school’’ have the meanings given the terms 
in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(3) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 
(4) The term ‘‘sexual assault’’ has the meaning 
of an offense that meets the definition of rape, fond-
ling, incest, or statutory rape under— 
(A) the Uniform Crime Report of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation; and 
(B) the final regulations published by the 
Department of Education in the Federal Reg-
ister on October 20, 2014, for Appendix A of 
subpart D of part 668, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (79 Fed. Reg. 62752). 
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SEC. 9. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(F)(i)(II), by striking ‘‘sex 
offenses, forcible or nonforcible’’ and inserting ‘‘sex-
ual assault’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (6)(A)(v) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(v) The term ‘sexual assault’ has the meaning 
of an offense that meets the definition of rape, fond-
ling, incest, or statutory rape under— 
‘‘(I) the Uniform Crime Report of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation; and 
‘‘(II) the final regulations published by the 
Department of Education in the Federal Reg-
ister on October 20, 2014, for Appendix A of 
subpart D of part 668, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (79 Fed. Reg. 62752).’’. 
Æ 
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