consumer tool offered or supported by the Depart-
ment of Education that provides information to stu-
dents regarding specific educational institutions; and 
(2) shall submit such report to the Congress. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry 
out this section for each of the first five fiscal years that 
begin after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt, 
invalidate, or limit rights, remedies, procedures, or legal 
standards available to victims of discrimination or retalia-
tion under any other Federal law or law of a State or polit-
ical subdivision of a State, including titles VI and VII of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), 
title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 
1681 et seq.), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), the Americans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), or section 1979 of the 
Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983). The obligations im-
posed by this Act are in addition to those imposed by those 
Acts. 
SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that it is valuable for 
students to have access to confidential reporting of sex- 
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based harassment and abuse, and schools should attempt 
to provide that to the extent possible in accordance with 
State and local laws. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘dating violence’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 40002(a) of the Vio-
lence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12291(a)). 
(2) The term ‘‘discrimination on the basis of 
sex’’ includes discrimination on the basis of sex 
stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related 
conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity. 
(3) The term ‘‘domestic violence’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 40002(a) of the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12291(a)). 
(4) The term ‘‘elementary school’’ means— 
(A) an elementary school as defined by sec-
tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); and 
(B) a public or private preschool. 
(5) The term ‘‘Federal financial assistance’’ 
means any of the following, when authorized or ex-
tended under a law administered by the Secretary: 
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(A) A grant or loan of Federal financial 
assistance, including funds made available for— 
(i) the acquisition, construction, ren-
ovation, restoration, or repair of a building 
or facility or any portion thereof; and 
(ii) scholarships, loans, grants, wages 
or other funds extended to any entity for 
payment to or on behalf of students admit-
ted to that entity, or extended directly to 
such students for payment to that entity. 
(B) A grant of Federal real or personal 
property or any interest therein, including sur-
plus property, and the proceeds of the sale or 
transfer of such property, if the Federal share 
of the fair market value of the property is not, 
upon such sale or transfer, properly accounted 
for to the Federal Government. 
(C) Provision of the services of Federal 
personnel. 
(D) Sale or lease of Federal property or 
any interest therein at nominal consideration, 
or at consideration reduced for the purpose of 
assisting the recipient or in recognition of pub-
lic interest to be served thereby, or permission 
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to use Federal property or any interest therein 
without consideration. 
(E) Any other contract, agreement, or ar-
rangement which has as one of its purposes the 
provision of assistance to any education pro-
gram or activity, except a contract of insurance 
or guaranty. 
(6) The term ‘‘institution of vocational edu-
cation’’ means a school or institution (except an in-
stitution of professional or graduate or under-
graduate higher education) which has as its primary 
purpose preparation of students to pursue a tech-
nical, skilled, or semiskilled occupation or trade, or 
to pursue study in a technical field, whether or not 
the school or institution offers certificates, diplomas, 
or degrees and whether or not it offers full-time 
study. 
(7) The term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 8101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(8 U.S.C. 7801). 
(8) The term ‘‘pregnancy or related conditions’’ 
includes pregnancy, childbirth, termination of preg-
nancy, lactation, miscarriage, fertility care, contra-
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ceptive care, and related medical care and condi-
tions, including recovery from such conditions. 
(9) The term ‘‘recipient’’ means any State or 
political subdivision thereof, or any instrumentality 
of a State or political subdivision thereof, any public 
or private agency, institution, or organization, or 
other entity, or any person, to whom Federal finan-
cial assistance is extended directly or through an-
other recipient and which operates an education pro-
gram or activity which receives such assistance, in-
cluding any subunit, successor, assignee, or trans-
feree thereof. 
(10) The term ‘‘secondary school’’ means— 
(A) a secondary school as defined by sec-
tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); and 
(B) an institution of vocational education 
that serves secondary school students. 
(11) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Education. 
(12) The term ‘‘sex-based harassment’’ includes 
the following: 
(A) Sexual assault, domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, or stalking. 
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