I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6461 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve education and 
prevention related to campus sexual violence, intimate partner violence, 
and stalking. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 30, 2010 
Mr. PERRIELLO (for himself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
KRATOVIL, and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve 
education and prevention related to campus sexual vio-
lence, intimate partner violence, and stalking. 
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 ‘‘Campus Sexual Vio-
lence Elimination Act’’ or the ‘‘Campus SaVE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CAMPUS SEXUAL VIOLENCE, INTIMATE PARTNER 
VIOLENCE, AND STALKING EDUCATION AND 
PREVENTION. 
Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (8) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(8)(A) Each institution of higher education partici-
pating in any program under this title, other than a for-
eign institution of higher education, shall develop and dis-
tribute as part of the report described in paragraph (1) 
a statement of policy regarding— 
‘‘(i) such institution’s sexual assault and other 
intimate partner violence programs, which shall be 
aimed at prevention of sex offenses and other inti-
mate partner violence, including stalking, dating vio-
lence, sexual violence, and domestic violence of-
fenses; 
‘‘(ii) the procedures followed once a sex offense 
or other intimate partner violence, including stalk-
ing, dating violence, sexual violence, or domestic vio-
lence offenses has occurred, which shall include— 
‘‘(I) providing, in writing, to each student 
or employee who reports to the institution that 
he or she has been a victim of a sex offense or 
other intimate partner violence— 
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‘‘(aa) an explanation of the right of 
victims of such offenses to notify proper 
law enforcement authorities, including on- 
campus and local police, and the option to 
be assisted by campus authorities in noti-
fying such authorities, if the student or 
employee so chooses; 
‘‘(bb) an explanation of the right of 
victims of such offenses, when relevant, to 
obtain an order of protection, no contact 
order, restraining order, or similar lawful 
order issued by a criminal or civil court or 
enforce an order already in existence; and 
‘‘(cc) contact information for advo-
cacy, counseling, health, mental health, 
legal assistance and other services available 
to victims both on-campus and in the local 
community; and 
‘‘(II) the institution honoring any order of 
protection, no contact order, restraining order, 
or similar lawful order issued by any criminal 
or civil court. 
‘‘(B) The policy described in subparagraph (A) shall 
address the following areas: 
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‘‘(i) Education programs to promote the aware-
ness of sex offenses and other intimate partner vio-
lence, including stalking, dating violence, sexual vio-
lence, and domestic violence offenses, which shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(I) primary prevention and awareness 
programming for all incoming students and new 
employees, including information about— 
‘‘(aa) the definition of consent in sex-
ual relationships; 
‘‘(bb) reporting such sex offenses, in-
cluding those offenses occurring on and off 
campus; 
‘‘(cc) bystander intervention; and 
‘‘(dd) risk reduction; and 
‘‘(II) ongoing prevention and awareness 
campaigns to students and faculty, including in-
formation described in items (aa) through (dd) 
of subclause (I). 
‘‘(ii) Possible sanctions to be imposed following 
the final determination of an institutional discipli-
nary procedure regarding sex offenses or other inti-
mate partner violence. 
‘‘(iii) Procedures victims should follow if a sex 
offense described in clause (ii) occurs, including who 
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‘‘(IV) both the accuser and the accused 
shall be informed, in writing, of the final results 
of any institutional disciplinary proceeding 
brought alleging a sex offense or other intimate 
partner violence within one business day of such 
outcome being reached. 
‘‘(v) A student or employee who reports to the 
institution that he or she have been the victim of a 
sex offense or intimate partner violence shall receive 
notification of options for, and available assistance 
in, changing academic, living, transportation, and 
working situations, if such assistance is requested by 
the student or employee and if such accommodations 
are reasonably available. 
‘‘(C) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to 
confer a private right of action upon any person to enforce 
the provisions of this paragraph.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end of 
subparagraph (A) the following new clauses: 
‘‘(iv) The term ‘intimate partner vio-
lence’— 
‘‘(I) means any physical, sexual, 
or psychological harm against an indi-
vidual by a current or former partner 
or spouse of the individual; 
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‘‘(II) includes stalking, dating vi-
olence, sexual violence, or domestic vi-
olence offense; 
‘‘(III) includes such harm against 
individuals in heterosexual and same- 
sex relationships; and 
‘‘(IV) does not require sexual in-
timacy between the individual and 
such partner or spouse. 
‘‘(v) The term ‘stalking’ means an in-
dividual willfully and repeatedly engaging 
in a knowing course of harassing conduct 
directed at another individual that reason-
ably and seriously alarms, torments, or ter-
rorizes such individual. 
‘‘(vi) The term ‘primary prevention’ 
means programming and strategies in-
tended to stop sexual and intimate partner 
violence before it occurs through the 
changing of social norms and other ap-
proaches. 
‘‘(vii) The term ‘awareness program-
ming’ means any program designed to 
alert students to the prevalence of intimate 
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partner violence, sexual violence, and stalk-
ing, including— 
‘‘(I) discussions of the nature 
and number of cases of intimate part-
ner violence, sexual violence, forcible 
sex offenses, and stalking reported at 
an institution of higher education in 
the 3 preceding calendar years; 
‘‘(II) statistics on the outcomes 
of disciplinary proceedings for such 
cases at such institution; and 
‘‘(III) risk factors associated with 
such cases, including physically, sexu-
ally, and psychologically controlling 
behavior. 
‘‘(viii) The term ‘bystander interven-
tion’ means safe and positive options that 
may be carried out by an individual to pre-
vent or intervene when there is a risk of 
sexual violence against a person other than 
such individual. 
‘‘(ix) The term ‘risk reduction’ means 
options for recognizing warning signs of 
abusive personalities and how to fight back 
against potential attackers. 
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‘‘(x) The term ‘final results’ means a 
decision or determination, made by an 
honor court or council, committee, commis-
sion, or other entity authorized to resolve 
disciplinary matters within the institution. 
The disclosure of final results shall include 
only the name of the accused, the violation 
alleged (including any institutional rules or 
code sections that were allegedly violated), 
essential findings supporting such final re-
sult, and any sanction imposed by the in-
stitution against the accused (including a 
description of any disciplinary action taken 
by the institution, the date of the imposi-
tion of such action, and the duration of 
such action).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end of paragraph (16) the 
following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary shall seek 
the advice and counsel of the Attorney General con-
cerning the development, and dissemination to insti-
tutions of higher education, of best practices infor-
mation about preventing and responding to incidents 
of sex offenses, forcible and nonforcible, and other 
intimate partner violence including stalking, dating 
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violence, sexual violence, and domestic violence of-
fenses.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
with respect to any annual security report under section 
485(f)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1092(f)(1)) prepared by an institution of higher education 
in calendar year 2012 and any subsequent calendar year. 
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