I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4903 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require reporting of certain 
accidents resulting in serious physical injuries or death at institutions 
of higher education, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2023 
Mr. COURTNEY (for himself, Mr. HIMES, Ms. MACE, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require 
reporting of certain accidents resulting in serious phys-
ical injuries or death at institutions of higher education, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘College Operational 
Reporting of Emergencies involving teens and Young 
adults Safety Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘COREY Safety Act 
of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Accidental injuries are estimated to be the 
leading cause of student death at institutions of 
higher education. 
(2) A substantial and critical void exists in the 
data collected, and metrics used, to identify, man-
age, and minimize serious physical injury and death 
on the campuses of institutions of higher education. 
(3) Expanding transparency by the reporting of 
accidents that lead to serious physical injuries or 
death in institution of higher education communities 
will allow more informed decision making. 
(4) The data gathered from such reports will 
also— 
(A) help institutions of higher education 
prioritize all angles of safety; 
(B) help public health agencies conduct re-
search on injury and fatality prevention among 
postsecondary students; and 
(C) inform larger-scale reforms at the Fed-
eral and State levels to improve campus safety. 
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SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CLERY ACT TO ACCIDENTS RESULT-
ING 
IN 
SERIOUS 
PHYSICAL 
INJURY 
OR 
DEATH. 
(a) REPORTING OF ACCIDENT STATISTICS.—Section 
485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1092(f)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) 
through (J) as subparagraphs (J) through (M), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (F) 
the following: 
‘‘(G) Statistics concerning the occurrence on 
campus during the most recent calendar year, and 
during the 2 preceding calendar years for which data 
are available, of accidents that result in serious 
physical injury, in the aggregate and disaggregated 
by the following categories: 
‘‘(i) Transportation on foot or via bikes, 
scooters, skateboards, longboards, or motor ve-
hicles. 
‘‘(ii) Slips and falls, in the aggregate and 
from low heights, mid heights, and high 
heights. 
‘‘(iii) Alcohol or drug overdoses. 
‘‘(iv) Choking or drowning. 
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‘‘(v) Any other specific category of acci-
dents identified by the institution. 
‘‘(vi) All other accidents. 
‘‘(H) Statistics concerning the occurrence on 
campus during the most recent calendar year, and 
during the 2 preceding calendar years for which data 
are available, of accidents that result in death, in the 
aggregate and disaggregated by the categories de-
scribed in clauses (i) through (vi) of subparagraph 
(G). 
‘‘(I) A description of any plans to address defi-
cient or dangerous facilities on campus (as defined 
in paragraph (6)(A)) that have caused serious phys-
ical injury (as defined in such paragraph) or 
death.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(1)(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (F), (G), and 
(H) of paragraph (1)’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (6)(A)— 
(A) by redesignating clause (v) as clause 
(vi); and 
(B) by inserting after clause (iv) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(v) The term ‘serious physical injury’ means 
physical injury that creates a substantial risk of 
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death, or that causes serious disfigurement, serious 
impairment of health or serious loss, or impairment 
of the function of any bodily organ.’’. 
(b) REPORTING CLOSEST TRAUMA CENTERS.—Sec-
tion 485(f)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)), as amended by subsection (a)(1)(A), 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(N)(i) A statement including the names, ad-
dresses, and distances from campus of— 
‘‘(I) the Level I trauma center closest to 
the campus of the institution; and 
‘‘(II) the Level II trauma center, or other 
hospital, that is closest to the campus of the in-
stitution. 
‘‘(ii) In addition to including the statement de-
scribed in clause (i) in the annual campus safety re-
port required under this paragraph, the institution 
shall post such statement prominently on campus 
and on the website of the institution.’’. 
(c) MAKING CAMPUS SAFETY INFORMATION PUB-
LICLY AVAILABLE.—The matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) of section 485(f)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and to any applicant’’ and in-
serting ‘‘to any applicant’’; 
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(2) by inserting ‘‘and to the public through the 
public website of the institution,’’ after ‘‘upon re-
quest,’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘annual security report’’ and all 
that follows through the colon and inserting ‘‘annual 
campus safety report. The annual campus safety re-
port shall be written and organized in a manner that 
is easily understandable by students and families 
and shall contain at least the following information 
with respect to the campus security policies and 
campus crime and safety statistics of that institu-
tion:’’. 
(d) UPDATING CAMPUS SAFETY REPORT TITLE.— 
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1092) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(O), by striking ‘‘cam-
pus crime report’’ and inserting ‘‘campus safety re-
port’’; and 
(2) in the subsection heading of subsection (f), 
by inserting ‘‘AND SAFETY’’ before ‘‘STATISTICS’’. 
(e) GUIDANCE.—By not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education 
shall issue guidance to institutions of higher education re-
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garding the implementation of the amendments made by 
this section. 
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