Negotiated Rulemaking 2013-2014 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
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|Federal Register Notices | Meeting Information | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Outreach Activities |

This Web page contains information about our rulemaking efforts on VAWA. For more information about our negotiated rulemaking efforts in 2012-2014, including related Federal Register notices and transcripts from our public hearings, please see our general information page. For more information about negotiated rulemaking in general, please see our question and answer page.

FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

On June 20, 2014, the Department published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register to implement the changes made to the Clery Act by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS INFORMATION

Committee Members

List of negotiators: download files MS Word (49K) | PDF (216K)

Meeting Schedule

Session 1: January 13-14, 2014
Session 2: February 24-25, 2014
Session 3: March 31-April 1, 2014

Sessions ran from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The meetings were held at the U.S. Department of Education at: 1990 K Street, N.W., Eighth Floor Conference Center, Washington, DC 20006.

The meetings were open to the public.

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Session 1 Materials

Materials that the Department provided to the negotiating committee prior to Session 1:

Materials provided by the Department to the negotiating committee at Session 1:

Materials provided by non-Federal negotiators to the negotiating committee at Session 1:

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Session 2 Materials

Materials that the Department provided to the negotiating committee prior to Session 2:

Materials provided by the Department to the negotiating committee at Session 2:

Materials provided by non-Federal negotiators to the negotiating committee at Session 2:

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Session 3 Materials

Materials that the Department provided to the negotiating committee prior to Session 3:

Materials provided by the Department to the negotiating committee at Session 3:

Final Consensus-Based Language

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Outreach Activities

In advance of the first negotiation session, the Department held three conference calls with institutional administrators, campus public safety officials, and advocacy groups in order to learn more about their concerns regarding the implementation of the changes that the VAWA made to the Clery Act. Generally, we reached out to individuals and groups that: provided comments and testimony during our public comment period and public hearings in spring 2013; submitted nominations for or were nominated to serve as negotiators on the committee; we have worked with in the past on regulations implementing the Clery Act; and were recommended by our interagency colleagues from the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Health and Human Services. These calls were not part of the formal negotiated rulemaking sessions, but instead provided an informal opportunity for the Department to listen to stakeholders’ concerns and to learn more about the issues involved.

December 11, 2013
Conference Call with Institutional Administrators

Meeting Summary
Participants in the outreach call

December 12, 2013
Conference Call with Campus Public Safety Officials

Meeting Summary
Participants in the outreach call

December 17, 2013
Conference Call with Campus Safety Advocates

Meeting Summary
Participants in the outreach call

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Small Entity Compliance Guide: This guide explains the actions a small entity is required to take to comply with a rule or group of rules. The guide is written using sufficiently plain language likely to be understood by affected small entities. MS Word (70K)

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