IV 
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 
(LGBT) college students have experienced sexual harass-
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ment and 9 percent of LGBT college students have expe-
rienced 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 sex-
ual 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 some-
one they know, most often a friend, about their victimiza-
tion 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 treat-
ment 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 fac-
ulty 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 pro-
grams, yet only 51 percent of the colleges and univer-
sities reported utilizing these services in their team ap-
proach; 
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 sex-
ual violence; 
Whereas 33 percent of colleges and universities failed to pro-
vide training to dispel ‘‘rape myths’’ to persons adjudi-
cating sexual assault claims; 
Whereas 43 percent of the Nation’s largest colleges and uni-
versities have students assisting in adjudicating sexual 
assault cases, which creates privacy and conflict of inter-
est 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 con-
fusion 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 ac-
tivities preceding some sexual assaults, such as underage 
drinking; 
Whereas only 16 percent of colleges and universities reported 
conducting confidential climate surveys regarding behav-
iors 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 ath-
letes; 
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 De-
partment 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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