GRANTS FOR CAMPUS SEXUAL OFFENSES EDUCATION.

SEC. 1541. GRANTS FOR CAMPUS SEXUAL OFFENSES EDUCATION. (a) Grants Authorized.— (1) In general.— The Secretary of Education (hereafter in this part referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized to make grants to or enter into contracts with institutions of higher education or consortia of such institutions to enable such institution to carry out sexual offenses education and prevention programs under this section. (2) Award basis.— The Secretary shall award grants and contracts under this section on a competitive basis. (3) Equitable participation.— The Secretary shall make every effort to ensure the equitable participation of private and public institutions of higher education and to ensure the equitable geographic participation of such institutions in the activities assisted under this part. (4) Priority.— In the award of grants and contracts under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to institutions 106 STAT. 835of higher education or consortia of such institutions that show the greatest need for the sums requested. (b) General Sexual Offenses Prevention and Education Grants.— Funds provided under this part may be used for the following purposes: (1) To provide training for campus security and college personnel, including campus disciplinary or judicial boards, that address the issues of sexual offenses. (2) To develop, disseminate, or implement campus security and student disciplinary policies to prevent and discipline sexual offense crimes. (3) To develop, enlarge, or strengthen support services programs including medical or psychological counseling to assist victims’ recovery from sexual offense crimes. (4) To create, disseminate, or otherwise provide assistance and information about victims’ options on and off campus to bring disciplinary or other legal action. (5) To implement, operate, or improve sexual offense education and prevention programs, including programs making use of peer-to-peer education. (c) Model Grants.— Not less than 25 percent of the funds appropriated for this section in any fiscal year shall be available for grants or contracts for model demonstration programs which will be coordinated with local rape crisis centers for the development and implementation of quality rape prevention and education curricula and for local programs to provide services to student sexual offense victims. (d) Eligibility.— No institution of higher education or consortium of such institutions shall be eligible to be awarded a grant or contract under this section unless— (1) its student code of conduct, or other written policy governing student behavior explicitly prohibits all forms of sexual offenses; (2) it has in effect and implements a written policy requiring the disclosure to the victim of any sexual offense of the outcome of any investigation by campus police or campus disciplinary proceedings brought pursuant to the victim’s complaint against the alleged perpetrator of the sexual offense, except that nothing in this section shall be interpreted to authorize disclosure to any person other than the victim; and (3) the Secretary shall give priority to those applicants who do not have an established campus education program regarding sexual offenses. (e) Applications.— (1) In general.— In order to be eligible to be awarded a grant or contract under this section for any fiscal year, an institution of higher education or consortium of such institutions shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe. (2) Contents.— Each application submitted under paragraph (1) shall— (A) set forth the activities and programs to be carried out with funds granted under this part; (B) contain an estimate of the cost for the establishment and operation of such programs; (C) explain how the program intends to address the issue of sexual offenses; 106 STAT. 836 (D) provide assurances that the Federal funds made available under this section shall be used to supplement and, to the extent practical, to increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available by the applicant for the purpose described in this part, and in no case to supplant such funds; and (E) include such other information and assurances as the Secretary reasonably determines to be necessary. (f) Grantee Reporting.— Upon completion of the grant or contract period under this section, the grantee institution or consortium of such institutions shall file a performance report with the Secretary explaining the activities carried out together with an assessment of the effectiveness of those activities in achieving the purposes of this section. The Secretary shall suspend funding for an approved application if an applicant fails to submit an annual performance report, (g) Definitions.— For purposes of this part, the term “sexual offenses educational and prevention” includes programs that provide education seminars, peer-to-peer counseling, operation of hotlines, self-defense courses, the preparation of informational materials, and any other effort to increase campus awareness of the facts about, or to help prevent, sexual offenses. (h) General Terms and Conditions.— (1) Regulations.— Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish proposed regulations implementing this section. Not later than 150 days after such date, the Secretary shall publish final regulations implementing this section. (2) Reports to congress.— Not later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal year for which grants or contracts are awarded under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate responsible for issues relating to higher education and to crime, a report that includes— (A) the amount of grants or contracts awarded under this section; (B) a summary of the purposes for which those grants or contracts were awarded and an evaluation of their progress; and (C) a copy of each grantee report filed pursuant to subsection (f) of this section. (i) Authorization of Appropriations.— For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1993 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.