I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5865 
To create penalties for massage establishment owners and employees who 
fail to report knowledge or reasonable suspicion of sexual assault. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2016 
Mr. MEEHAN (for himself and Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To create penalties for massage establishment owners and 
employees who fail to report knowledge or reasonable 
suspicion of sexual assault. 
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 referred to as the ‘‘Duty to Report 
Sexual Assault Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTING REQUIREMENT AND 
PENALTIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 73 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
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‘‘§ 1522. Failure of a massage establishment owner or 
employee to report sexual assault 
‘‘(a) Whoever, being the owner or employee of a mas-
sage establishment— 
‘‘(1)(A) knows or reasonably suspects that an-
other employee of the massage establishment sexu-
ally assaulted another person on the premises of, or 
while performing services on behalf of, the massage 
establishment; and 
‘‘(B) fails to report to such knowledge or rea-
sonable suspicion to the appropriate law enforcement 
agency; or 
‘‘(2) in the case of an owner of a massage es-
tablishment, fails to display in a manner that is visi-
ble to customers of such establishment the policies 
and procedures of such establishment relating to 
sexual assault prevention and response, including the 
policy or procedure relating to reporting sexual as-
saults to the appropriate law enforcement agency, 
shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) The punishment for an offense— 
‘‘(1) under subsection (a)(1), is a fine in an 
amount not more than $1,500, imprisonment for a 
period of not more than six months, or both; and 
‘‘(2) under subsection (a)(2), is a fine in an 
amount not more than $500. 
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‘‘(c) In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘massage establishment’ means 
any establishment that offers for sale massage serv-
ices. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘sexual assault’ means a Federal, 
tribal, or State offense, by whatever designation and 
wherever committed, consisting of assault with in-
tent to commit rape; aggravated sexual abuse and 
sexual abuse (as described in sections 2241 and 
2242); or abusive sexual contact (as described in 
section 2242). 
‘‘(d) Nothing in this section requires a law enforce-
ment officer to whom a report is made of a sexual assault 
described in subsection (a)(1)(A) to investigate or charge 
an individual with an offense without the consent of the 
alleged victim of such offense.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 73 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘1522. Failure of a massage establishment owner or employee to report sexual 
assault.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect 
120 days after the date of enactment. 
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