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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 715
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the campus security
reporting provisions to provide for a more complete, timely, and accurate
disclosure of crime reports and statistics, and to provide for specific
methods of enforcement of the campus security provisions of such Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 12, 1997
Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr.
QUINN, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. FATTAH, Mr.
KLUG, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCHALE, Mr. LIPIN-
SKI, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. AN-
DREWS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the
campus security reporting provisions to provide for a
more complete, timely, and accurate disclosure of crime
reports and statistics, and to provide for specific methods
of enforcement of the campus security provisions of such
Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Accuracy in Campus Crime Reporting Act of 1997’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise provided
therein, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of a section or other provision, such
amendment or repeal shall be considered to be made to
a section or other provision of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CRIMES REPORTED AND DAILY
CRIME LOG.
(a) ANNUAL STATISTICS.—Section 485(f)(1)(F) (20
U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)(F)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘campus security authorities or
local police agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘campus security
or law enforcement; other campus officials (including
administrators, deans, disciplinary officers, athletic
department officials, housing officials, and coun-
selors) to whom crimes are reported; or local law en-
forcement’’;
(2) by striking clauses (i) through (vi) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(i) homicide, including—
‘‘(I) murder or nonnegligent man-
slaughter; or
‘‘(II) negligent manslaughter;
‘‘(ii) sex offenses, forcible or nonforcible;
‘‘(iii) robbery;
‘‘(iv) aggravated assault;
‘‘(v) burglary;
‘‘(vi) larceny;
‘‘(vii) motor vehicle theft;
‘‘(viii) arson;
‘‘(ix) simple assault; and
‘‘(x) vandalism.’’.
(b) ANNUAL STATISTICS.—Section 485(f)(1)(H) (20
U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)(H)) is amended by striking ‘‘arrests
for’’ and inserting ‘‘incidents of’’.
(c) ANNUAL SUBMISSION.—Paragraph (4) of section
485(f) (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(4)) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(4)(A) Each institution participating in any pro-
gram under this title shall annually submit to the Sec-
retary a copy of the statistics required to be made avail-
able pursuant to paragraphs (1)(F) and (1)(H).
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall collect such statistics and
report each set in its entirety, with each institution and
campus clearly identified, to the Committee on Education
and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate,
each participating institution, and the public via printed
and electronic means as the Secretary shall determine.
This report shall be issued on or before February 1 of
each year.’’.
(d) COMPILATION METHOD.—Paragraph (6) of sec-
tion 485(f) (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(6)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(6)(A) The statistics described in paragraphs (1)(F)
and (1)(H) shall be compiled in accordance with the stand-
ards and definitions used in the uniform crime reporting
system of the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and the modifications in such standards and
definitions as implemented pursuant to the Hate Crime
Statistics Act (28 U.S.C. 534, note).
‘‘(B) The accuracy of the statistics described in para-
graphs (1)(F) and (1)(H) shall be certified by each official
charged with compiling statistics for inclusion.’’.
(e) CRIME LOGS.—Section 485(f) is further amend-
ed—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through
(7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(4)(A) Each institution participating in any pro-
gram under this title which maintains either a police or
security department of any kind shall make, keep, and
maintain a daily log, written in a form that can be easily
understood, recording in chronological order all crimes re-
ported to such police or security department, including—
‘‘(i) the nature, date, time, and general location
of each crime;
‘‘(ii) the disposition of the complaint, if known;
‘‘(iii) if citations have been issued or charges
made, the names and addresses of all persons cited
or charged, and the charges against them; and
‘‘(iv) if an arrest has been made, the names and
addresses of all persons arrested and the charges
against such persons arrested.
‘‘(B) Unless otherwise required by law, each institu-
tion may, but is not required to, identify in its log the
alleged victim or victims, witnesses, or suspects who have
not been arrested or cited, relating to any investigation
of a crime.
‘‘(C)(i) All entries which are required pursuant to
this paragraph shall, except where disclosure of such infor-
mation is prohibited by law, be open to public inspection
within 24 hours of the initial report being made to the
department, a campus security authority, or other campus
official.
‘‘(ii) Where there is clear and convincing evidence
that the release of such information would jeopardize an