US Congress Senate Bill 1492 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-1)
Status: Introduced on May 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses harassment at institutions of higher education (IHEs). Harassment includes certain conduct undertaken through technological means that limits a student's ability to benefit from the IHE's programs, or creates a hostile or abusive educational environment at the school. Specifically, the bill requires each IHE to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regarding harassment on the basis of a student's actual or perceived race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, and a sex stereotype), disability, or religion. In addition, the Department of Education may award grants to IHEs to initiate, expand, or improve programs to (1) prevent the harassment of students; (2) provide counseling or redress services to students who have been harassed or accused of subjecting other students to harassment; or (3) educate and train students, faculty, or staff to prevent harassment or address harassment if it occurs.

Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2019

Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB2747 (Same As) 2019-05-15 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1492/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1492/BILLS-116s1492is.pdf