Rival bills on campus sex assault stirring controversy

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'Gillibrand and McCaskill are optimistic about their own legislation -- the Campus Accountability and Safety Act – will be included in a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act that a Senate committee plans to act on later this year.

McCaskill said the bill protects due process for those accused of sexual assault and addresses the same concerns the Salmon bill addresses without handcuffing colleges' ability to take swift disciplinary action under Title IX.

“The prosecution process is about depriving someone of their liberty, putting them in prison, labeling them a sex offender for the rest of their life,’’ she said. “The Title IX process is for campus safety and it is a much different kind of process and should be treated much differently.’’ Criminal investigations can be lengthy, she said. Title IX bars sex discrimination in education.'