I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5269 
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 
JULY 30, 2014 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. MEEHAN, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE, Ms. NORTON, and Ms. CHU) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in 
addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 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, 
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’’. 
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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: 
‘‘(3) The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 
shall make publicly available on the Department’s 
website, a list of institutions under investigation, 
and a copy of program reviews and resolution agree-
ments entered into with the Secretary or Attorney 
General, under title IX of the Education Amend-
ments 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 termi-
nation of the resolution agreements described in 
paragraph (3), the Assistant Secretary for Civil 
Rights shall transmit to the Secretary, the Presi-
dent, 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 
(2) in section 205 (20 U.S.C. 3415) by adding 
at the end the following: 
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‘‘(c) The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Edu-
cation shall make publicly available on the Department’s 
website, a list of institutions under investigation, and a 
copy of the program reviews, fines levied, 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.—No 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 of sections (3) and (4) 
of section 203(b) and section 205(c) of the Department 
of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3413(b); 
2415), as added by subsection (a) of this section. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO LEVY FINES. 
Section 203(c) of the Department of Education Orga-
nization Act 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 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) to impose a civil penalty to be paid by in-
stitution of higher education that has violated a law 
under the jurisdiction of the Office for Civil Rights, 
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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 further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) Beginning October 1, 2016, statistics 
based upon a sexual violence climate survey 
conducted not later than April 1, 2015, and 
every year thereafter— 
‘‘(i) which is developed and approved 
by the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
of the Department 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 Disease Control 
and Prevention may be used for purposes 
of this subparagraph until the sexual vio-
lence climate survey has been developed; 
and 
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‘‘(ii) which assesses the occurrence on 
campus or in a noncampus building or 
property during the preceding calendar 
year for which data is available of— 
‘‘(I) instances of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking; 
‘‘(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 relation-
ships between students regardless of 
gender or sexual orientation; 
‘‘(IV) the effectiveness of current 
processes for complaints on and inves-
tigations into sex-based, race-based, 
national origin-based, sexual-orienta-
tion based, gender-identity based, and 
disability-based harassment, assault, 
discrimination, domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, and stalking; 
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