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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; 
Whereas 22 percent of colleges and universities allow athletic 
department oversight of sexual violence cases involving 
student athletes; 
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•HRES 1045 IH 
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, are unsure of 
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, and dropping a class, 
as a result of the victimization; 
Whereas over 90 percent of colleges and universities do not 
have an affirmative consent policy regarding sexual rela-
tions; and 
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Whereas September 2018 is an appropriate month to des-
ignate as National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness 
Month: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 
the designation of National Campus Sexual Assault 
Awareness Month. 
Æ 
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