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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2680 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase transparency and 
reporting on campus sexual violence, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2015 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mrs. 
BUSTOS, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. COSTA, Ms. 
JUDY CHU of California, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. DIN-
GELL, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HONDA, Ms. JACK-
SON LEE, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KUSTER, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE, Mr. 
MEEHAN, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RANGEL, 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 
Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase 
transparency and reporting on campus sexual violence, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hold Accountable and 
Lend Transparency on Campus Sexual Violence Act’’ or 
the ‘‘HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. 
(a) DISCLOSURE OF PROGRAM REVIEWS AND OPEN 
INVESTIGATIONS.—The Department of Education Organi-
zation Act is amended— 
(1) in section 203(b) (20 U.S.C. 3413(b)), by 
adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights shall 
make publicly available on the Department’s website a list 
of institutions under investigation, the sanctions (if any) 
or findings issued pursuant to such investigations, and a 
copy of program reviews and resolution agreements en-
tered into with the Secretary or Attorney General under 
title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 
1681 et seq.) or title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(42 U.S.C. 2000c et seq.). 
‘‘(4) Not later than 30 days after the termination of 
the resolution agreements described in paragraph (3), the 
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights shall transmit to the 
Secretary, the President, and the Congress, and make 
publicly available on the Department’s website, the letter 
terminating the Department of Education’s monitoring of 
such agreements.’’; and 
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(2) in section 205 (20 U.S.C. 3415), by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Edu-
cation shall make publicly available on the Department’s 
website a list of institutions under investigation, the sanc-
tions (if any) or findings issued pursuant to such inves-
tigations, and a copy of program reviews and resolution 
agreements entered into with the Secretary or Attorney 
General under subsection 485(f) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)).’’. 
(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Not later than January 
1, 2016, the Inspector General of the Department of Edu-
cation shall submit to Congress and make publicly avail-
able a report reviewing compliance with paragraphs (3) 
and (4) of section 203(b) of the Department of Education 
Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3413(b)) and section 205(c) 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 3415), as added by subsection (a). 
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO LEVY FINES. 
Section 203(c) of the Department of Education Orga-
nization Act (20 U.S.C. 3413) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(3); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) to impose a civil penalty to be paid by an 
institution of higher education that has violated a 
law under the jurisdiction of the Office for Civil 
Rights, the amount of which shall be determined by 
the gravity of the violation, and the imposition of 
which shall not preclude other remedies available 
under Federal law.’’. 
SEC. 4. CLIMATE SURVEYS. 
Paragraph (1) of section 485(f) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(K) Beginning October 1, 2017, statistics 
based upon a sexual violence climate survey con-
ducted not later than April 1, 2016, and every 2 
years thereafter— 
‘‘(i) which is developed and approved by 
the Secretary, in consultation with the Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services and 
the Attorney General, except that the National 
Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey 
developed by the National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control of the Centers for Dis-
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ease Control and Prevention may be used for 
purposes of this subparagraph until the sexual 
violence climate survey has been developed; and 
‘‘(ii) which assesses the occurrence on cam-
pus or in a noncampus building or property 
during the preceding calendar year for which 
data is available of— 
‘‘(I) instances of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing; 
‘‘(II) indicators of discrimination, and 
positive and negative trends for intimate 
relationships regardless of gender or sexual 
orientation; 
‘‘(III) the effectiveness of campus 
policies designed to improve relationships 
between students regardless of gender or 
sexual orientation; 
‘‘(IV) the effectiveness of current 
processes for complaints on and investiga-
tions into sex-based, race-based, national 
origin-based, sexual-orientation based, gen-
der-identity based, and disability based 
harassment, assault, discrimination, do-
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