[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3097 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3097

  To amend the Federal Education Right to Privacy Act to improve the 
 access of the victims of crimes to information concerning the outcome 
    of disciplinary proceedings by institutions of higher education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Education Right to Privacy Act to improve the 
 access of the victims of crimes to information concerning the outcome 
    of disciplinary proceedings by institutions of higher education.

    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 ``David Shick Honesty in Campus 
Justice Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO GENERAL EDUCATION PROVISIONS ACT.

    Section 444(b)(6) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
U.S.C. 1232g(b)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 
the following:
    ``(6)(A) Nothwithstanding any other provision of this section, an 
institution of postsecondary education shall disclose to the alleged 
victim of any crime of violence (as that term is defined in section 16 
of title 18), or a nonforcible sex offense, the final results of any 
disciplinary proceeding conducted by such institution against a student 
who is the alleged perpetrator of such crime or offense with respect to 
such crime or offense. If the alleged victim of such crime or offense 
is deceased, the next of kin of such victim shall be treated as the 
alleged victim for purposes of this subparagraph.''.
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