119-hr5545

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5545 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5545

To require institutions of higher education to adopt a policy relating 
 to the provision of advisers for certain students, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 23, 2025

 Ms. Brownley (for herself and Mr. Thanedar) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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 A BILL

To require institutions of higher education to adopt a policy relating 
 to the provision of advisers for certain students, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as ``Katie Meyer's Law''.

SEC. 2. POLICY RELATING TO ADVISERS FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS.

    (a) Adviser Requirement.--

    (1) In general.--In order to be eligible to receive funds 
 under an applicable program, an institution of higher education 
 shall adopt a policy relating to the provision of student 
 advisers in accordance with paragraph

    (2) .

    (2) Policy required.--The policy required under paragraph

    (1) shall include the following:
        (A) In general.--In the case of a student who 
 attends an institution of higher education and who 
 receives notification of an alleged violation by such 
 student of the code of conduct of such institution, 
 such institution shall provide such student with the 
 option to be assisted by an adviser in accordance with 
 clauses
            (ii) and
            (iii) of subparagraph
            (D) .
        (B) Notification.--The notification described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) shall include information with respect 
 to the option of the student to--
            (i) select an outside adviser; or
            (ii) request that the institution of higher 
 education provide an independent adviser.
            (C) Provision of adviser.--An institution may 
 provide an independent adviser to a student through--
            (i) a confidential respondent services 
 coordinator;
            (ii) an agreement with a student-based peer 
 support program; and
            (iii) an agreement with an alumni-based 
 support program.
            (D) Requirements.--An outside adviser selected by a 
 student pursuant to clause
            (i) of subparagraph
        (B) or 
 an independent adviser provided to a student pursuant 
 to clause
            (ii) of such subparagraph, as applicable, 
 shall--
            (i) be trained by such institution on the 
 adjudication procedures of such institution 
 relating to the alleged violation;
            (ii) with written permission from the 
 student, receive bi-weekly updates throughout 
 the adjudication process; and
            (iii) participate in the adjudication 
 process--
            (I) as an advocate for the student; 
 or
            (II) as authorized by applicable 
 State law and title IX of the Education 
 Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et 
 seq.).

    (3) === Definitions. ===
-In this subsection:
        (A) Applicable program.--The term ``applicable 
 program'' has the meaning given such term in 

section 400
            (c) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
 U.S.C. 1221
            (c) ).
        (B) Institution of higher education.--The term 
 ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning 
 given such term in 

section 101 of the Higher Education 
 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).

    (b) Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime 
Statistics.--

Section 485

    (f)

    (1)
        (F) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1092

    (g) ) is amended--

    (1) in clause
            (iii) , by striking ``and'' at the end;

    (2) in clause
            (iv) , by striking the period at the end and 
 inserting ``; and''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (v) incidents of suicide that were 
 reported to campus security authorities or 
 local police agencies.''.
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