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campus of which students generally weren’t aware, and 
after hearing from the victims of violent campus crimes 
across the United States, they discovered that violence on 
college campuses was a widespread problem and devoted 
the rest of their lives to making campuses safer; 
Whereas in October 1987, Connie and Howard Clery co-
founded Security On Campus, Inc., a national nonprofit 
organization based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, de-
voted to educating the public about campus security and 
which continues to be the Nation’s leading voice for the 
improvement of campus safety and the rights of campus 
crime victims; 
Whereas when the Jeanne Clery Act took effect on September 
1, 1991, for the first time institutions of higher edu-
cation across the United States began the process of con-
sistently releasing crime statistics and security policies to 
their current and prospective students or employees; 
Whereas in 1992, the Jeanne Clery Act was amended to af-
ford victims of sexual assault with assistance from their 
institution and fair treatment in disciplinary proceedings 
against their accused assailants; 
Whereas, on October 7, 1998, President William J. Clinton 
signed into law the Higher Education Amendments of 
1998, Public Law 105–244, which enhanced the Jeanne 
Clery Act’s provisions and formally renamed it the 
Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and 
Campus Crime Statistics Act in memory of the student 
who had inspired it; 
Whereas the Jeanne Clery Act has fundamentally changed 
the dynamic of campus crime in the United States from 
an issue rarely discussed among prospective and current 
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students to one that can now be evaluated when selecting 
where to go to school and how to protect themselves once 
they are on campus; 
Whereas from 1994 to 2004, the years immediately following 
enactment of the Jeanne Clery Act, there was a 9-percent 
drop in violent crime and a 30-percent drop in property 
crime on campuses, as well as a 5-percent increase in the 
base rate of pay for campus police according to the U.S. 
Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics; 
Whereas Security On Campus, Inc. has helped to advance 
compliance with the Jeanne Clery Act by working with 
the U.S. Department of Education to develop the plain 
language Handbook for Campus Crime Reporting, and by 
working with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for 
Victims of Crime to develop the Jeanne Clery Act: A Col-
laborative Approach to Compliance training course which 
since 2007 has trained more than 2,000 college and uni-
versity personnel; 
Whereas in 2008, the Jeanne Clery Act was amended to re-
quire institutions to adopt emergency response proce-
dures that include the capability to immediately notify 
the campus community in the event of a crisis such as 
an active shooter situation; 
Whereas Connie Clery continues to work along with the board 
and staff of Security On Campus, Inc., to improve cam-
pus safety in memory of Jeanne Clery; and 
Whereas Howard Clery continued this work until he passed 
away on January 1, 2008: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes that the Jeanne Clery Disclosure 
of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Sta-
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tistics Act has greatly contributed to the improve-
ment of safety on the campuses of colleges and uni-
versities across the United States; 
(2) recognizes Security On Campus, Inc., for 
helping to advance the purposes of the Jeanne Clery 
Act; and 
(3) 
encourages 
colleges 
and 
universities 
throughout the United States to provide campus 
safety and other crime awareness and prevention 
programs to all students throughout the year as a 
part of their compliance with the Jeanne Clery Act. 
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