[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 97 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1202]
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               CAMPUS SECURITY ACT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED

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                     HON. HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 27, 1996

  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Speaker, today Mr. Goodling and I have introduced a 
House Resolution dealing with the Student Right to Know and Campus 
Security Act.
  On June 6, 1996, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, 
Training and Life-Long Learning held a hearing with respect to the 
Issue of campus crime. We were particularly interested in hearing about 
the Department of Education's implementation of Section 485(f) of the 
Higher Education Act, known as the Campus Security Act of 1990.
  The Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act signed into law by 
President Bush required colleges and universities throughout the United 
States to provide their students information on campus crime statistics 
and school policies related to campus security. This was a first step 
in providing students necessary information if they were to protect 
themselves from becoming victims of campus crime.
  During the course of the hearing, some concerns were raised that 
colleges and universities were not accurately reporting their crime 
statistics. In addition, several witnesses did not believe that the 
Department of Education considered the enforcement of the Campus 
Security Act a priority.
  The resolution we have introduced today directs the Department of 
Education to make the monitoring of compliance and enforcement of the 
provisions of the Campus Security Act a priority of the Department. It 
is imperative that colleges and universities comply with the 
requirements of the Campus Security Act and the Department of Education 
needs to give priority status to their enforcement responsibilities if 
we are going to accomplish our goal of protecting students from crime 
on our Nation's college campuses.

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