,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajbc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ac1       
#bjag,mr4 ,meehan 7for himself and ,ms4 
,clark of ,massachusetts7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to create penalties for massage
 establishment owners and employees who 
fail to report knowledge or reasonable  
suspicion of sexual assault4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be referred to as 
the ,duty to ,report ,sexual ,assault   
,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,sexual assault     
reporting requirement and penalties  7a7
 ,establishment ,chapter #gc of title   
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
section3  #aebb4 ,failure of a massage  
establishment owner or employee to      
report sexual assault  7a7 ,whoever1    
being the owner or employee of a massage
 establishment-- 7#a7 7,a7 knows or     
reasonably suspects that another        
employee of the massage establishment   

sexually assaulted another person on the
 premises of1 or while performing       
services on behalf of1 the massage      
establishment2 and  7,b7 fails to report
 to such knowledge or reasonable        
suspicion to the appropriate law        
enforcement agency2 or  7#b7 in the case
 of an owner of a massage establishment1
 fails to display in a manner that is   
visible to customers of such            
establishment the policies and          
procedures of such establishment        
relating to sexual assault prevention   
and response1 including the policy or   
procedure relating to reporting sexual  
assaults to the appropriate law         
enforcement agency1  shall be punished  
as provided in subsection 7b74  7b7 ,the
 punishment for an offense-- 7#a7 under 
subsection 7a77#a71 is a fine in an     
amount not more than #a1ejj1            
imprisonment for a period of not more   
than six months1 or both2 and  7#b7     
under subsection 7a77#b71 is a fine in  
an amount not more than #ejj4  7c7 ,in  

this section3  7#a7 ,the term massage   
establishment means any establishment   
that offers for sale massage services4  
7#b7 ,the term sexual assault means a   
,federal1 tribal1 or ,state offense1 by 
whatever designation and wherever       
committed1 consisting of assault with   
intent to commit rape2 aggravated sexual
 abuse and sexual abuse 7as described in
 sections #bbda and #bbdb72 or abusive  
sexual contact 7as described in section 
#bbdb74  7d7 ,nothing in this section   
requires a law enforcement officer to   
whom a report is made of a sexual       
assault described in subsection         
7a77#a77;,a7 to investigate or charge an
 individual with an offense without the 
consent of the alleged victim of such   
offense4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment    
,the table of sections at the beginning 
of chapter #gc of title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new item3  #aebb4 
,failure of a massage establishment     
owner or employee to report sexual      

assault4  4  7c7 ,effective date ,this  
,act shall take effect #abj days after  
the date of enactment4