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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 38 (Monday, March 5, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BISHOP of Michigan:H.R. 5157.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution[Page H1373]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Accountability of Leaders in Education to Report Title IX Investigations Act or the ALERT Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs to annually certify with the Department of Education that the IHE's president and at least one additional member of the IHE's board of trustees have reviewed incidents involving the IHE's employees that were reported to the IHE in the last year involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The certification must include a confirmation that the president and any board member involved in the review did not interfere with or influence investigations or dispositions relating to the incidents.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To ensure that certain incidents involving a covered employee that are reported to the title IX coordinator at an eligible institution of higher education have been reviewed by the president of the institution and not less than 1 additional member of the institution's board of trustees, and for other purposes.</title>
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