HR 3381 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act

Introduced Jun 20, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Jackie Speier D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jul 30, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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. IntroducedJun 20, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Hold Accountable and Lend Transparency on Campus Sexual Violence Act or the HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act

This bill addresses dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking incidents on college campuses, including by expanding requirements governing the disclosure of such incidents and efforts to prevent them.

The bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to develop a biennial sexual violence climate survey. Statistics from the survey must be included in the annual campus security report provided by institutions of higher education (IHEs) to current and prospective students and employees.

The bill permits ED to impose civil penalties on IHEs that have violated a law under the jurisdiction of its Office for Civil Rights.

It also directs ED, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Justice to create a campus sexual violence task force.

Cosponsors 61

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 20, 2019 to Feb 21, 2020; 35 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJun 20, 2019
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-MIElissa SlotkinOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-CAGilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.OriginalJun 20, 2019
D-NYGrace MengOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-NYKathleen M. RiceOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-FLLois FrankelOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-CAPete AguilarOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-OHTim RyanOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-TXVeronica EscobarOriginalJun 20, 2019
D-NMDebra A. HaalandJun 21, 2019
D-CAMark TakanoJun 21, 2019
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanJun 24, 2019
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzJun 24, 2019
D-MIRashida TlaibJun 24, 2019
D-CAJosh HarderJun 28, 2019
D-CADoris O. MatsuiJul 2, 2019
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceJul 5, 2019
D-CAHarley RoudaJul 9, 2019
D-CTJahana HayesJul 9, 2019
D-PAMatt CartwrightJul 9, 2019
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIJul 10, 2019
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonJul 12, 2019
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyJul 12, 2019
D-MAJames P. McGovernJul 19, 2019
D-FLDebbie Mucarsel-PowellAug 9, 2019
D-CAJudy ChuAug 13, 2019
D-CARo KhannaAug 13, 2019
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeAug 13, 2019
D-NYGregory W. MeeksAug 16, 2019
D-ILMike QuigleyAug 20, 2019
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.Sep 11, 2019
D-CAMark DeSaulnierNov 12, 2019
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalJan 27, 2020
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonFeb 3, 2020
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthFeb 21, 2020

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jun 20, 2019
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jun 20, 2019
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Jul 30, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 30, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Jun 20, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Jun 20, 2019Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 104, June 20, 2019, page H5007.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase transparency and reporting on campus sexual violence, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act
Hold Accountable and Lend Transparency on Campus Sexual Violence Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 20, 2019Introduced in House

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