Katie Meyer’s Law

[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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