III 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 104 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 29, 2009 
Received and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault 
Awareness and Prevention Month. 
Whereas on average, a person is sexually assaulted in the 
United States every two-and-a-half minutes; 
Whereas the Department of Justice reports that 191,670 
people in the United States were sexually assaulted in 
2005; 
Whereas 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men have been victims 
of rape or attempted rape; 
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Whereas the Department of Defense received 2,688 reports 
of sexual assault involving members of the Armed Forces 
in fiscal year 2007; 
Whereas children and young adults are most at risk of sexual 
assault, as 44 percent of sexual assault victims are under 
the age of 18, and 80 percent are under the age of 30; 
Whereas sexual assault affects women, men, and children of 
all racial, social, religious, age, ethnic, and economic 
groups in the United States; 
Whereas only 41 percent of sexual assault victims pursue 
prosecution by reporting their attack to law enforcement 
agencies; 
Whereas two-thirds of sexual crimes are committed by per-
sons who are not strangers to the victims; 
Whereas sexual assault survivors suffer emotional scars long 
after the physical scars have healed; 
Whereas prevention education programs carried out by rape 
crisis and women’s health centers have the potential to 
reduce the prevalence of sexual assault in their commu-
nities; 
Whereas because of recent advances in DNA technology, law 
enforcement agencies have the potential to identify the 
rapists in tens of thousands of unsolved rape cases; 
Whereas aggressive prosecution can incarcerate rapists and 
therefore prevent them from committing further crimes; 
Whereas free, confidential help is available to all survivors of 
sexual assault through the National Sexual Assault Hot-
line, more than 1,000 rape crisis centers across the 
United States, and other organizations that provide serv-
ices to assist survivors of sexual assault; and 
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Whereas April is recognized as ‘‘National Sexual Assault 
Awareness and Prevention Month’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That— 
(1) it is the sense of Congress that— 
(A) National Sexual Assault Awareness 
and Prevention Month provides a special oppor-
tunity to educate the people of the United 
States about sexual violence and to encourage 
the prevention of sexual assault, the improved 
treatment of its survivors, and the prosecution 
of its perpetrators; 
(B) it is appropriate to properly acknowl-
edge the more than 20,000,000 men and 
women who have survived sexual assault in the 
United States and salute the efforts of sur-
vivors, volunteers, and professionals who com-
bat sexual assault; 
(C) national and community organizations 
and private sector supporters should be recog-
nized and applauded for their work in pro-
moting awareness about sexual assault, pro-
viding information and treatment to its sur-
vivors, and increasing the number of successful 
prosecutions of its perpetrators; and 
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