HR 812 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 23, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 25, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) to include in their annual security report policies encouraging the accurate and prompt reporting of all crimes to campus police and appropriate law enforcement agencies when crime victims elect to, or are unable to, report the crimes.

Requires that report to include: (1) data on the occurrence of certain violent crimes that are motivated by the victim's nationality; and (2) statistics concerning the occurrence of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking incidents reported to campus security authorities or local police.

Requires schools to protect victim confidentiality when reporting criminal threats to the campus community.

Directs IHEs to include in their annual security report a statement of policy regarding their programs to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and the procedures they follow when such an offense is reported.

Requires an IHE's policy regarding those offenses to include:

  • education that promotes awareness of the offenses;
  • possible sanctions or protective measures imposed following disciplinary action;
  • procedures victims should follow after such an offense occurs;
  • institutional disciplinary procedures;
  • information about how the IHE will protect victim confidentiality;
  • the written notification of students and employees concerning on-campus and community services available for victims; and
  • the written notification of victims regarding their options for, and assistance in, changing academic, living, transportation, and working situations, regardless of whether or not they choose to report the crime.

Requires students and employees who report having been the victim of such an offense to their IHE, whether it occurred on or off campus, to receive a written notification of their rights and options under the IHE's policy.

Directs the Secretary of Education to seek the counsel of the Attorney General and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the development, and dissemination to IHEs, of best practices for preventing and responding to incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Cosponsors 43

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2013 to Jun 24, 2014, with 28 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzOriginalFeb 25, 2013
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalFeb 25, 2013
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalFeb 25, 2013
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalFeb 25, 2013
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalFeb 25, 2013
D-IADavid LoebsackOriginalFeb 25, 2013
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalFeb 25, 2013
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalFeb 25, 2013
D-NVDina TitusOriginalFeb 25, 2013
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalFeb 25, 2013
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalFeb 25, 2013
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalFeb 25, 2013
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalFeb 25, 2013
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalFeb 25, 2013
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalFeb 25, 2013

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
  2. Feb 25, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Feb 25, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  4. Feb 25, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E179)

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 11Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013Related billApr 23, 2013
S 47Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013Related billMar 7, 2013
S 128Campus Sexual Violence Elimination ActIdentical billJan 24, 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 25, 2013Introduced in House

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