I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5545 
To require institutions of higher education to adopt a policy relating to 
the provision of advisers for certain students, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 
Ms. BROWNLEY (for herself and Mr. THANEDAR) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce 
A BILL 
To require institutions of higher education to adopt a policy 
relating to the provision of advisers for certain students, 
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 ‘‘Katie Meyer’s Law’’. 
SEC. 2. POLICY RELATING TO ADVISERS FOR CERTAIN STU-
DENTS. 
(a) ADVISER REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible to re-
ceive funds under an applicable program, an institu-
tion of higher education shall adopt a policy relating 
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to the provision of student advisers in accordance 
with paragraph (2). 
(2) POLICY
REQUIRED.—The policy required 
under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a stu-
dent who attends an institution of higher edu-
cation and who receives notification of an al-
leged violation by such student of the code of 
conduct of such institution, such institution 
shall provide such student with the option to be 
assisted by an adviser in accordance with 
clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (D). 
(B) NOTIFICATION.—The notification de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) shall include infor-
mation with respect to the option of the student 
to— 
(i) select an outside adviser; or 
(ii) request that the institution of 
higher education provide an independent 
adviser. 
(C) PROVISION OF ADVISER.—An institu-
tion may provide an independent adviser to a 
student through— 
(i) a confidential respondent services 
coordinator; 
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(ii) an agreement with a student- 
based peer support program; and 
(iii) an agreement with an alumni- 
based support program. 
(D) REQUIREMENTS.—An outside adviser 
selected by a student pursuant to clause (i) of 
subparagraph (B) or an independent adviser 
provided to a student pursuant to clause (ii) of 
such subparagraph, as applicable, shall— 
(i) be trained by such institution on 
the adjudication procedures of such insti-
tution relating to the alleged violation; 
(ii) with written permission from the 
student, receive bi-weekly updates through-
out the adjudication process; and 
(iii) participate in the adjudication 
process— 
(I) as an advocate for the stu-
dent; or 
(II) as authorized by applicable 
State law and title IX of the Edu-
cation Amendments of 1972 (20 
U.S.C. 1681 et seq.). 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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(A) APPLICABLE
PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘applicable program’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 400(c) of the General Edu-
cation Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221(c)). 
(B) 
INSTITUTION
OF
HIGHER
EDU-
CATION.—The term ‘‘institution of higher edu-
cation’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(b) DISCLOSURE OF CAMPUS SECURITY POLICY AND 
CAMPUS CRIME STATISTICS.—Section 485(f)(1)(F) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(g)) is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) incidents of suicide that were re-
ported to campus security authorities or 
local police agencies.’’. 
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