,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gjf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #g1 #bjai,ms4
 ,klobuchar 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,brown1  
and ,mr4 ,casey7 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 institutions  
of higher education to disclose hazing  
incidents1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,report and ,educate ,about ,campus 
,hazing ,act or the ,,reach ,act4  #b4  
,inclusion of hazing incidents in annual
 security reports ,section              
#dhe7;f77#a77;,f7 of the ,higher        
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajib7;f77#a77;,f77 is amended--  7#a7  
in clause 7i77,,ix71 by striking and    
after the semicolon2  7#b7 in clause    
7ii71 by striking and after the         
semicolon2  7#c7 in clause 7iii71 by    
striking the period at the end and      

inserting 2 and2 and  7#d7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7iv7 of hazing  
incidents that were reported to a campus
 official4  4  #c4 ,definition of hazing
 ,section #dhe7;f77#f77;,a7 of the      
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajib7;f77#f77;,a77 is        
amended--  7#a7 by redesignating clauses
 7iii7 through 7v7 as clauses 7iv7      
through 7vi71 respectively2 and  7#b7 by
 inserting after clause 7ii7 the        
following3  7iii7 ,the term hazing means
 any intentional1 knowing1 or reckless  
act committed by a student1 or a former 
student1 of an institution of higher    
education1 whether individually or in   
concert with other persons1 against     
another student 7regardless of that     
student's willingness to participate71  
that--  7,i7 was committed in connection
 with an initiation into1 an affiliation
 with1 or the maintenance of membership 
in1 any organization that is affiliated 
with such institution of higher         
education 7including any athletic team  

affiliated with that institution72 and  
7,,ii7 contributes to a substantial risk
 of physical injury1 mental harm1 or    
degradation or causes physical injury1  
mental harm1 or personal degradation4  4
  #d4 ,recording of hazing incidents    
,section #dhe7;f77#g7 of the ,higher    
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajib7;f77#g77 is amended by inserting  
after the second sentence the following3
 ,for hazing incidents1 such statistics 
shall be compiled in accordance with the
 definition of that term in paragraph   
7#f77;,a77iii744  #e4 ,educational      
program on hazing ,section #dhg7;a7 of  
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajid7;a77 is amended by 
adding at the end the following3  7#cj7 
,the institution shall provide a        
comprehensive program to prevent hazing 
7as defined in section                  
#dhe7;f77#f77;,a77iii774 ,the program   
shall--  7,a7 be a campus-wide program  
for students1 staff1 faculty1 and other 
campus stakeholders 7such as alumni and 

families of students72  7,b7 be a       
research-based program2  7,c7 be        
designed and implemented in partnership 
with a broad coalition of campus        
stakeholders1 including leadership of   
the institution1 faculty1 staff1        
students1 alumni1 and families of       
students2  7,d7 include information on  
hazing awareness1 hazing prevention1 the
 institution's policies on hazing1 how  
to report hazing1 and the process used  
to investigate hazing2 and  7,e7 include
 skill building for bystander           
intervention1 information about ethical 
leadership1 and the promotion of        
strategies for building group cohesion  
without hazing4  4