1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Merchant Marine Academy Improvement Act of 2017 . 2. Application of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to the United States Merchant Marine Academy Section 901(a)(4) of the Education Amendments of 1972 ( 20 U.S.C. 1681(a)(4) ) is amended by striking States, or the merchant marine; and inserting States; . 3. Actions to address sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (a) Required policy Subsection (a) of section 51318 of title 46, United States Code, as added by section 3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ; 130 Stat. 2782), is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking harassment and sexual assault and inserting harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking ; (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking harassment and sexual assault and inserting harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking ; (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, after acquaintance rape, ; (C) in subparagraph (B)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking harassment or sexual assault, and inserting harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, ; (ii) in clause (i), by striking harassment or sexual assault and inserting harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking ; and (iii) in clause (iii), by striking criminal sexual assault and inserting a criminal sexual offense ; (D) in subparagraph (D), by striking harassment or sexual assault and inserting harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking ; (E) in subparagraph (E)— (i) in clause (i), by striking harassment or sexual assault and inserting harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking