[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2837 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2837

 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

                           September 9, 1999

   Mr. Weiner (for himself, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Frost, Mr. Meehan, Mr. 
Waxman, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Crowley, Ms. 
 Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. McGovern, 
  Mr. Rothman, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. 
  Hilliard, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. 
Kelly, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. Schakowsky, 
 Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Norton, Ms. Lee, Mrs. Thurman, and Ms. 
   Carson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Educatioin 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sexual Harassment Awareness 
Reporting and Posting Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. 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 enrolled students (along with the 
        distribution of information concerning 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.''.
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