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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 727 

Expressing support for the designation of September 2023 as National 

Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 

Ms. NORTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of September 2023 

as National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month. 

Whereas colleges are now receiving students in person for the 

academic year; 

Whereas freshmen and sophomores in college are at a greater 

risk of being sexually assaulted than juniors or seniors; 

Whereas college students are at a higher risk of sexual assault during the first few months of school, with more 

than 50 percent of college sexual assaults occurring in either August, September, October, or November; 

Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

warns that both middle school and high school students 

are increasingly experiencing sexual harassment, sexual 

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male sexual assault survivors reporting that they were 

first attacked between the ages of 11 and 17; 

Whereas many college students are survivors of ‘‘incapacitated assault’’, in which they are sexually assaulted while 

drugged, drunk, passed out, or otherwise incapacitated; 

Whereas these survivors often know their attackers; 

Whereas less than 5 percent of rapes and attempted rapes of 

college students are reported to campus authorities or 

local law enforcement; 

Whereas college sexual assault survivors are likely to tell 

someone they know, most often a friend, about their experience; 

Whereas over 20 percent of college sexual assault survivors 

fear reprisal by the perpetrator; 

Whereas approximately 5 percent of college men account for 

90 to 95 percent of the rapes on college campuses; 

Whereas many college sexual assault survivors fear poor 

treatment by campus or law enforcement authorities, or 

even lack knowledge of the reporting process; 

Whereas approximately 8 percent of colleges still do not allow 

confidential reporting of sexual assaults to campus authorities; 

Whereas 21 percent of colleges provide no sexual assault response training for members of their faculty and staff; 

Whereas approximately 41 percent of colleges have not conducted a single sexual assault investigation in the last 5 

years; 

Whereas most colleges fail to provide access to a specially 

trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner; 


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Whereas law enforcement officials at 30 percent of colleges 

receive no training on how to respond to reports of sexual 

violence; 

Whereas more than 70 percent of colleges do not have protocols regarding how the institution and local law enforcement should work together to respond to sexual violence; 

Whereas 33 percent of colleges fail to provide training to dispel ‘‘rape myths’’ to persons adjudicating sexual assault 

claims; 

Whereas 43 percent of the Nation’s largest colleges have students assisting in adjudicating sexual assault cases, 

which creates privacy and conflict-of-interest concerns; 

Whereas 22 percent of colleges allow athletic department 

oversight of sexual violence cases involving student athletes; 

Whereas many college sexual assault survivors experience 

confusion over how to report a sexual assault, are unsure 

of acceptable standards of sexual conduct and definitions 

of rape and sexual assault, and fear punishment for activities preceding some sexual assaults, such as underage 

drinking; 

Whereas 21 percent of the Nation’s largest private colleges 

report not independently investigating all claims of sexual 

assault that they conveyed to the Department of Education; 

Whereas only approximately 13 percent of the perpetrators of 

college sexual assaults are permanently expelled; 

Whereas only 10 percent of reported college rape cases result 

in criminal charges against the alleged perpetrator; 


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Whereas survivors of campus sexual assaults are more likely 

to have their lives disrupted, such as by changing a college major, changing campus housing, and dropping a 

class, than the average student; 

Whereas only 7 States require colleges to adopt affirmative 

consent policies; and 

Whereas September 2023, when many students begin or return to college, is an appropriate month to designate as 

National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 

2 the designation of National Campus Sexual Assault 

3 Awareness Month. 

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