Bill113th Congress

H.R. 561

Protecting Victims on Campus Act of 2013

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Introduced
Feb 6, 2013
Origin Chamber
House
Policy Area
Education
Latest Action
Apr 23, 2013

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Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]

Republican·PA-7
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First Name: Patrick
Last Name: Meehan
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Bill Details

Update Date
Feb 10, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Bill Type
HR
Bill Number
561
Congress
113
Introduced Date
Feb 6, 2013
Policy Area
Education
Is Law
No
Apr 23, 2013Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Introduced in House

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Introduced in House

Source: Library of Congress

Introduced in House· Feb 6, 20130

Protecting Victims on Campus Act of 2013 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise provisions that require each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in a title IV (Student Assistance) program to comply with certain crime reporting requirements.

Requires IHEs to provide students and employees with a list of the titles, in each department of the IHE, of each individual who is a campus security authority to whom they should report specified criminal offenses.

Includes criminal offenses involving minors that are reported to campus security authorities or the local police among the criminal offenses that are to be included in: (1) the annual campus security report provided to current and prospective students and employees, and (2) the timely reports to the campus community on crimes considered to be a threat to the community.

Requires the personally identifiable information of victims to be kept confidential when IHEs are making timely reports to the campus community on crimes considered to be a threat to the community.

Requires IHEs, in carrying out their obligation to make such timely reports, to: (1) designate an individual to serve as campus security authority coordinator, and (2) provide for the training of that coordinator and the campus security authorities.

Directs the Secretary of Education, when imposing civil penalties on IHEs for substantial violations of the crime reporting requirements, to distinguish between IHEs that intentionally violated those requirements and those whose violations are attributable to institutional neglect.

Requires the Secretary to provide each IHE that is to be investigated for violating such reporting requirements with a timeline of the investigation and a preliminary report that includes the reasons for the investigation.

Education and the Workforce Committee

House· Standing
Crime preventionCrime victimsCrimes against childrenCriminal justice information and recordsEducation programs fundingGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationRight of privacySchool administration

Introduced in House

Feb 6, 2013

Protecting Victims on Campus Act of 2013 — Informed