88 | STEVENS STUDENT HANDBOOK SEC. 2. Inclusion of hazing incidents in annual security reports. (a) Statistics on hazing incidents.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 485(f)(1)(F) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)(F)) is amended— (A) in clause (i)(IX), by striking “and” after the semicolon; (B) in clause (ii), by striking “and” after the semicolon; (C) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (D) by adding at the end the following: “(iv) of hazing incidents that were reported to campus security authorities or local police agencies.”. (2) COMPILATION OF HAZING INCIDENTS.—Section 485(f)(7) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(7)) is amended by inserting after the second sentence the following: “For hazing incidents referred to in clause (iv) of paragraph (1)(F), such statistics shall be compiled per each single hazing incident and in accordance with the definition of the term ‘hazing’ in paragraph (6)(A)(vi), and if the same person or persons commit more than one hazing act, and the time and place intervals separating each such act are insignificant, such acts shall be reported as a single hazing incident.”. (3) BEGINNING OF COMPILATION OF HAZING STATISTICS.—Not later than January 1 of the first year after the date of enactment of this Act, each eligible institution participating in any program under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), other than a foreign institution of higher education, shall begin to collect statistics on hazing incidents for the purpose of complying with clause (iv) of section 485(f)(1)(F) of such Act, as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection. (4) DEFINITION OF HAZING.—Section 485(f)(6)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(6) (A)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(vi) The term ‘hazing’, for purposes of reporting statistics on hazing incidents under paragraph (1)(F)(iv), means any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another person or persons regardless of the willingness of such other person or persons to participate, that— “(I) is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, a student organization; and “(II) causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization (such as the physical preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team), of physical or psychological injury including— “(aa) whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance on someone’s body, or similar activity; “(bb) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or other similar activity; “(cc) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to consume food, liquid, alcohol, drugs, or other substances; “(dd) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to perform sexual acts; “(ee) any activity that places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words or conduct; “(ff) any activity against another person that includes a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law; and
