(i) by redesignating subclauses (II) 
and (III) as subclauses (III) and (IV), re-
spectively; 
(ii) by inserting after subclause (I) 
the following: 
‘‘(II) the institution will comply 
with the requirements of section 
125(b), and shall include a description 
of such requirements;’’; and 
(iii) in subclause (IV), as redesignated 
by clause (i)— 
(I) in item (aa), by inserting ‘‘, 
within 24 hours of such determina-
tion’’ after ‘‘sexual assault, or stalk-
ing’’; 
(II) in item (cc), by inserting 
‘‘within 24 hours of such change’’ 
after ‘‘results become final’’; and 
(III) in item (dd), by inserting 
‘‘within 24 hours of such determina-
tion’’ after ‘‘results become final’’; 
(4) by redesignating paragraph (18) as para-
graph (22); and 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (17) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(18) Each individual at an institution of high-
er education who is designated as a higher education 
responsible employee, (as defined in section 125(a)), 
shall be considered a campus security authority, as 
defined in section 668.46(a) of title 34, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(19)(A) The Secretary shall, in consultation 
with the Attorney General, develop, design, and ad-
minister through an online portal, a standardized 
online survey of students regarding their experiences 
with sexual violence and harassment. The survey 
shall not include any personally identifiable informa-
tion. The Secretary shall develop such survey tool 
using best practices from peer-reviewed research 
measuring sexual violence and harassment. The sur-
vey shall be fair and unbiased, scientifically valid 
and reliable, and meet the highest standards of sur-
vey research. Survey questions shall be designed to 
gather information on survivor experiences, and shall 
therefore use trauma-informed language to prevent 
retraumatization 
‘‘(B) Each institution shall administer the sur-
vey described in subparagraph (A) every 2 years. In 
addition to the standardized questions developed by 
the Secretary, institutions may request additional in-
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formation from students that would increase the in-
stitutions’ understanding of school climate factors 
unique to their campuses. If an institution is grant-
ed approval to do so by the Secretary, an institution 
may administer such survey through a third party. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall require each institu-
tion participating in any program under this title to 
ensure that an adequate, random, and representative 
sample size of students (as determined by the Sec-
retary) enrolled at the institution complete the sur-
vey described in subparagraph (A) in accordance 
with this paragraph and beginning not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the Campus Ac-
countability and Safety Act. 
‘‘(D) Responses to the survey shall be sub-
mitted confidentially and shall not be included in 
crime statistics reported under this subsection. 
‘‘(E) The survey described in subparagraph (A) 
shall include the following: 
‘‘(i) Questions designed to determine the 
incidence and prevalence of sexual violence, dat-
ing violence, domestic violence, and stalking. 
‘‘(ii) Questions regarding whether students 
know about institutional policies and proce-
dures. 
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‘‘(iii) Questions designed to determine, if 
victims reported violence— 
‘‘(I) to whom the violence was re-
ported and what response the victim may 
have received; and 
‘‘(II) whether the victim was informed 
of, or referred to, national, State, local, or 
on-campus resources. 
‘‘(iv) Questions regarding contextual fac-
tors, such as whether force, incapacitation, or 
coercion was involved. 
‘‘(v) Questions to determine whether an ac-
cused individual was a student. 
‘‘(vi) Questions to determine whether a vic-
tim reported an incident to State or local law 
enforcement. 
‘‘(vii) Questions to determine why the vic-
tim chose to report or not report an incident to 
State or local law enforcement. 
‘‘(viii) Other questions as determined by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(F) Beginning not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of the Campus Accountability and 
Safety Act, the Secretary shall prepare a biannual 
report on the information gained from the survey 
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under this paragraph and publish such report on the 
website of the Department and submit such report 
to Congress. The report shall include campus-level 
data for each school and attributed by name of each 
campus in a manner that permits comparisons 
across schools and campuses. 
‘‘(G) Each institution subject to this subsection 
shall publish the campus-level results of the survey 
under this paragraph on the website of the institu-
tion and in the annual security report required 
under this subsection for the campuses affiliated 
with the institution. 
‘‘(20) Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of the Campus Accountability and Safety 
Act, the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Edu-
cation of the Department and the Assistant Sec-
retary for Civil Rights of the Department shall joint-
ly develop and make publicly available guidance re-
garding the intersection between this subsection and 
title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, in 
order to clarify how the provisions of this subsection 
and such title shall be carried out. The guidance 
shall include clarifying language on how this sub-
section and such title IX interact pertaining to sex-
ual violence, and shall clarify and resolve any poten-
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