IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 763 
Expressing support for the designation of September 2025 as National 
Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 
Ms. NORTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of September 2025 
as National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month. 
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 as-
sault during the first few months of school, with more 
than 50 percent of college sexual assaults occurring in ei-
ther August, September, October, or November; 
Whereas many college students are survivors of ‘‘incapaci-
tated assault’’, in which they are sexually assaulted while 
drugged, drunk, passed out, or otherwise incapacitated; 
Whereas these survivors often know their attackers; 
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Whereas less than 12 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 ex-
perience; 
Whereas 20 percent of college sexual assault survivors fear 
reprisal by the perpetrator; 
Whereas many college sexual assault survivors fear poor 
treatment by campus or law enforcement authorities, or 
even lack knowledge of the reporting process; 
Whereas 10 percent of colleges still do not allow confidential 
reporting of sexual assaults to campus authorities; 
Whereas 22 percent of colleges provide no sexual assault re-
sponse training for members of their faculty and staff; 
Whereas 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; 
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 proto-
cols regarding how the institution and local law enforce-
ment should work together to respond to sexual violence; 
Whereas 33 percent of colleges fail to provide training to dis-
pel ‘‘rape myths’’ to persons adjudicating sexual assault 
claims; 
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Whereas 43 percent of the Nation’s largest colleges have stu-
dents 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 ath-
letes; 
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 ac-
tivities 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 Edu-
cation; 
Whereas only 10 to 25 percent of the perpetrators of college 
sexual assaults are permanently expelled; 
Whereas less than 7 percent of reported college rape cases re-
sult in criminal charges against the perpetrator; 
Whereas survivors of campus sexual assaults are more likely 
to have their lives disrupted, such as by changing a col-
lege major, changing campus housing, and dropping a 
class, than the average student; 
Whereas 7 States require colleges to adopt affirmative con-
sent policies; and 
Whereas September 2025, when many students begin or re-
turn to college, is an appropriate month to designate as 
National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Now, 
therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 
the designation of National Campus Sexual Assault 
Awareness Month. 
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