Clery Compliance Officer Designation Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6031
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2020-02-28
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Crimes against property

Criminal justice information and records

Domestic violence and child abuse

Hate crimes

Higher education

Sex offenses

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Clery Compliance Officer Designation Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill requires an institution of higher education (IHE) that receives federal aid to designate a compliance officer to carry out the IHE's responsibilities related to (1) collecting campus crime statistics and campus security policies, and (2) submitting campus crime statistics annually to the Department of Education.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6031 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 28, 2020 Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire (for herself and Mr. Stauber ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To require eligible institutions under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to designate a Clery Compliance Officer to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clery Compliance Officer Designation Act of 2020 . 2. Clery Compliance Officer required Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1092(f) ), is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (18) as paragraph (19); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (17) the following: (18) Each eligible institution participating in any program under this title, other than a foreign institution of higher education, shall, beginning on January 1, 2022, and each year thereafter, designate at least one Clery Compliance Officer who shall— (A) carry out the responsibilities associated with the information collection requirements of this subsection; and (B) in accordance with paragraph (5), submit to the Secretary a copy of the statistics required to be made available under paragraph (1)(F). .