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 PUBLIC LAW 103-322—SEPT. 13, 1994 108 STAT. 1949 (D) the nature and availability of victim services for victims of campus sexual assaults; (E) the ability of educational institutions' disciplinary processes to address allegations of sexual assault adequately and fairly; (F) measures that are taken to ensure that victims are free of unwanted contact with alleged assailants, and disciplinary sanctions that are imposed when a sexual assault is determined to have occurred; and (G) the grounds on which educational institutions are subject to lawsuits based on campus sexual assaults, the resolution of these cases, and measures that can be taken to avoid the likelihood of lawsuits and civil liability; (6) in conjunction with the report produced by the Department of Education in coordination with institutions of education under the Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act (20 U.S.C. 1001 note; Public Law 101-542) and amendments made by that Act, an assessment of the policies and practices of educational institutions that are of greatest effectiveness in addressing campus sexual assaults and protecting victims, including policies and practices relating to the particular issues described in paragraph (5); and (7) any recommendations the Attorney General may have for reforms to address campus sexual assaults and protect victims more effectively, and any other matters that the Attorney General deems relevant to the subject of the study and report required by this section. (c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT. —The report required by subsection (b) shall be submitted to the Congress no later than September 1, 1996. (d) DEFINITION. —For purposes of this section, "campus sexual assaults" includes sexual assaults occurring at institutions of postsecondary education and sexual assaults committed against or by students or employees of such institutions. (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —T here are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the study required by this section— $200,000 for fiscal year 1996. SEC. 40507. REPORT ON BATTERED WOI^ffiN'S SYNDROME. 42 USC 14013. (a) REPORT. — Not less than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall transmit to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, and the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the medical and psychological basis of "battered women's syndrome" and on the extent to which evidence of the syndrome has been considered in criminal trials. (b) COMPONENTS.— The report under subsection (a) shall include— (1) medical and psychological testimony on the validity of battered women's syndrome as a psychological condition; (2) a compilation of State, tribal, and Federal court cases in which evidence of battered women's syndrome was offered in criminal trials; and

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