,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aegb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1      
#bjai,mr4 ,portman 7for himself and ,ms4
 ,smith7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,higher ,education ,act of    
#aife to require additional reporting on
 crime and harm that occurs during      
student participation in programs of    
study abroad1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,ravi ,thackurdeen ,safe        
,students ,study ,abroad ,act4  #b4     
,application of ,clery ,act to programs 
of study abroad  7a7 ,reporting of crime
 statistics ,paragraph 7#ab7 of section 
#dhe7;f7 of the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajib7;f77 is   
amended-- 7#a7 by striking and at the   
end of subparagraph 7,c72  7#b7 by      
striking the period at the end of       
subparagraph 7,d7 and inserting 2 and2  

and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,e7 while a student is     
participating in a program of study     
abroad approved for credit by an        
institution of higher education1        
distinguished by whether the criminal   
offense occurred at a location described
 in subparagraph 7,a71 7,b71 7,c71 or   
7,d71 or at another location1 without   
regard to whether the institution owns  
or controls a building or property at   
such location4  4  7b7 ,additional      
reporting for programs of study abroad  
,section #dhe7;f7 of the ,higher        
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajib7;f77 is amended-- 7#a7 by         
redesignating paragraph 7#ah7 as        
paragraph 7#ai72 and  7#b7 by inserting 
after paragraph 7#ag71 the following new
 paragraph3  7#ah7 7,a7 ,each           
institution of higher education         
participating in any program under this 
title1 other than a foreign institution 
of higher education1 shall develop and  
distribute as part of the report        

described in paragraph 7#a71 a statement
 that the institution has adopted and   
implemented a program to protect        
students participating in a program of  
study abroad approved for credit by the 
institution from crime and harm while   
participating in such program of study  
abroad that1 at a minimum1 includes the 
following3 7i7 ,a biennial review by the
 institution of the programs of study   
abroad approved for credit by the       
institution to determine-- 7,i7 the     
effectiveness of the programs at        
protecting students from crime and harm1
 and whether changes to the programs are
 needed 7based on the most recent       
guidance or other assistance from the   
,secretary7 and will be implemented2    
7,,ii7 for the #aj years preceding the  
date of the report1 the number 7in the  
aggregate for all programs of study     
abroad approved for credit by the       
institution7 of-- 7aa7 deaths of program
 participants occurring during program  
participation or during any other       

activities during the study abroad      
period2  7bb7 accidents and illnesses   
occurring during program participation  
that resulted in hospitalization2  7cc7 
sexual assaults against program         
participants occurring during program   
participation2 and  7dd7 incidents      
involving program participants during   
the program participation that resulted 
in police involvement or a police       
report2 and  7,,iii7 with respect to the
 incidents described in items 7aa7      
through 7dd7 of subclause 7,,ii71       
whether the incidents occurred-- 7aa7 on
 campus2  7bb7 in or on a noncampus     
building or property2  7cc7 on public   
property2  7dd7 in dormitories or other 
residential facilities for students2 or 
7ee7 at a location not described in     
items 7aa7 through 7dd7 of this         
subclause1 without regard to whether the
 institution owns or controls a building
 or property at the location4  7ii7 ,the
 crime statistics described in paragraph
 7#ab77;,e74  7,b7 ,an institution of   

higher education described in           
subparagraph 7,a7 shall-- 7i7 provide   
each student who is interested in       
participating in a program of study     
abroad approved for credit by the       
institution1 with a pre-trip orientation
 session and advising that includes--   
7,i7 a list of countries in which such  
programs of study abroad are located2   
7,,ii7 all current travel information1  
including all travel warnings and travel
 alerts1 issued by the ,bureau of       
,consular ,affairs of the ,department of
 ,state for such countries2 and  7,,iii7
 the information described in clauses   
7i7 and 7ii7 of subparagraph 7,a71      
provided specifically for each program  
of study abroad approved for credit by  
the institution in which the student is 
considering participation2 and  7ii7    
provide each student who returns from   
such a program of study abroad with a   
post-trip orientation session1 including
 an exit interview that assists the     
institution in carrying out subparagraph

 7,a7 and clause 7i7 of this            
subparagraph4  7,c7 ,an institution of  
higher education shall not disaggregate 
or otherwise distinguish information for
 purposes of subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b7  
in a case in which the number of        
students in a category is insufficient  
to yield statistically reliable         
information or the results would reveal 
personally identifiable information     
about an individual student4  7,d7 ,the 
,secretary shall periodically review a  
representative sample of the programs   
described in subparagraph 7,a7 that have
 been adopted and implemented by        
institutions of higher education to     
protect students participating in a     
program of study abroad described in    
subparagraph 7,a7 from crime and harm   
while participating in such program of  
study abroad4  4