HR 5646 · 118th Congress · Education
Stop Campus Hazing Act
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EnactedLatest: Became Public Law No: 118-173.(2024-12-23)
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Stop Campus Hazing Act This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs to report hazing incidents. Specifically, the bill requires each IHE to disclose hazing incidents that were reported to campus security authorities or local police agencies in its annual security report. The bill defines the term hazing to mean any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person against a student (regardless of that student's willingness to participate), that (1) is connected with an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, an organization (e.g., a club, athletic team, fraternity, or sorority); and (2) causes or is likely to contribute to a substantial risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the IHE or the organization, of physical injury, mental harm, or degradation. In addition, each IHE must develop and distribute as part of its annual security report a statement of policy regarding the following: (1) a comprehensive program to prevent hazing, which must include information on hazing awareness and hazing prevention; and (2) th…
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Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 5646, Stop Campus Hazing Act
Sep 12, 2024As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on September 11, 2024
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Cosponsors (20)
15 Democrats5 Republicans