[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3759 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3759

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of 
  higher education to widely distribute information describing their 
   procedures for receiving and responding to complaints concerning 
                              harassment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 1998

 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of 
  higher education to widely distribute information describing their 
   procedures for receiving and responding to complaints concerning 
                              harassment.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. HARASSMENT PROCEDURE DISCLOSURES REQUIRED.

    Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092) is 
amended by adding at end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Harassment Procedure Disclosures Required.--Each eligible 
institution participating in any program under this title shall carry 
out appropriate and reasonable information dissemination activities for 
prospective and enrolled students (including those attending or 
planning to attend less than full time) regarding the procedures 
established by such institution for receiving and responding to 
complaints regarding sexual harassment. Such dissemination activities 
shall include--
            ``(1) distribution to prospective and enrolled students 
        (along with the distribution of information concerning 
        application for admission to, or enrollment in, the 
        institution) of information--
                    ``(A) identifying the acts that constitute sexual 
                harassment;
                    ``(B) stating that sexual harassment is illegal; 
                and
                    ``(C) describing the procedures to be followed to 
                file a sexual harassment complaint and to receive 
                services and assistance for the victim; and
            ``(2) posting of the information described in paragraph (1) 
        through bulletins widely distributed among the buildings, 
        classrooms, student unions, and other facilities on the campus 
        of such institution.''.

SEC. 2. INFORMATION EXCHANGES ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT EDUCATION AND 
              PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

    Title XII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding 
after section 1213 (20 U.S.C. 1145g) the following new section:

``SEC. 1214. INFORMATION EXCHANGES ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT EDUCATION AND 
              PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Action by Secretary Required.--Within one year after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a forum, 
clearinghouse, or other method by which institutions of higher 
education may exchange information on the programs they have 
established--
            ``(1) to disseminate the information required to be 
        provided under section 485(h);
            ``(2) to educate their students and staffs concerning, and 
        to prevent their students and staffs from engaging in, sexual 
        harassment; and
            ``(3) to provide services or assistance to the victims of 
        sexual assaults.
    ``(b) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report 
of the method established by the Secretary to carry out the 
requirements of subsection (a).''.
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