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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 507 

Expressing support for the designation of September 2017 as ‘‘National 

Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 

Ms. NORTON (for herself, Ms. MOORE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, and Ms. 

ROSEN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of September 2017 

as ‘‘National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month’’. 

Whereas colleges and universities are now receiving students 

for the academic year; 

Whereas 1 in 5 women is sexually assaulted in college, with 

little or no change to this high rate annually; 

Whereas freshmen and sophomores in college are at a greater 

risk of being sexually assaulted than juniors or seniors; 

Whereas 19 percent of college women and 6 percent of college 

men will be victims of sexual assault over the course of 

their undergraduate careers; 

Whereas 3 in 4 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender 

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ment and 9 percent of LGBT college students have experienced sexual assault; 

Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

warns that both middle school and high school students 

are increasingly experiencing sexual harassment, sexual 

assault, or sexual violence, with 30 percent of female sexual assault victims reporting that they were first attacked 

between the ages of 11 and 17; 

Whereas many college students are victims of ‘‘incapacitated 

assault’’, in which they are sexually assaulted while 

drugged, drunk, passed out, or otherwise incapacitated; 

Whereas these victims 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 victims are likely to tell someone they know, most often a friend, about their victimization experience; 

Whereas 40 percent of college sexual assault survivors feared 

reprisal by the perpetrator; 

Whereas less than 5 percent of college men account for 90 

to 95 percent of the rapes on college campuses; 

Whereas many college sexual assault victims fear poor treatment by campus or law enforcement authorities, or even 

lack knowledge of the reporting process; 

Whereas approximately 8 percent of colleges and universities 

still do not allow confidential reporting of sexual assaults 

to campus authorities; 


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Whereas 21 percent of colleges and universities provide no 

sexual assault response training for members of their faculty and staff; 

Whereas more than 30 percent of colleges and universities do 

not provide any sexual assault training for students; 

Whereas approximately 41 percent of colleges and universities 

have not conducted a single sexual assault investigation 

in the last 5 years; 

Whereas more than 90 percent of colleges and universities 

state that sexual assault victims on their campuses have 

access to community victim assistance and advocacy programs, yet only 51 percent of the colleges and universities reported utilizing these services in their team approach; 

Whereas most colleges and universities fail to provide access 

to a specially trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner 

(SANE); 

Whereas law enforcement officials at 30 percent of colleges 

and universities receive no training on how to respond to 

reports of sexual violence; 

Whereas more than 70 percent of colleges and universities 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 and universities failed to provide training to dispel ‘‘rape myths’’ to persons adjudicating sexual assault claims; 

Whereas 43 percent of the Nation’s largest colleges and universities have students assisting in adjudicating sexual 

assault cases, which creates privacy and conflict of interest concerns; 


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Whereas 22 percent of colleges and universities allow athletic 

department oversight of sexual violence cases involving 

student athletes; 

Whereas more than 10 percent of colleges and universities do 

not have a Title IX coordinator, as required by Federal 

law; 

Whereas many college sexual assault victims experience confusion over how to report a sexual assault, confusion over 

acceptable standards of sexual conduct and definitions of 

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

drinking; 

Whereas only 16 percent of colleges and universities reported 

conducting confidential climate surveys regarding behaviors that constitute or are associated with sexual assault; 

Whereas only 22 percent of colleges and universities provide 

sexual violence training targeted at the Greek system and 

only 37 percent provide training targeted at student athletes; 

Whereas 21 percent of the Nation’s largest private colleges 

and universities reported not independently investigating 

all claims of sexual assault that they conveyed to the Department of Education; 

Whereas only 10 to 25 percent of the perpetrators of college 

sexual assaults were permanently expelled; 

Whereas only 10 percent of reported college rape cases result 

in criminal charges against the defendant; 

Whereas victims of campus sexual assaults are more likely to 

make changes in their lives, such as changing a college 

major, changing campus housing, dropping a class, and 


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seeking psychological counseling, as a result of the victimization; 

Whereas over 90 percent of colleges and universities do not 

have an affirmative consent policy regarding sexual relations; and 

Whereas September 2017 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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