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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, lack of 
knowledge of the reporting process, and disclosure of the 
incident to families and other students; 
Whereas college men often overestimate their peers’ accept-
ance of sexual assault and underestimate other men’s 
willingness to intervene and provide assistance when a 
woman is in trouble; 
Whereas approximately 8 percent of colleges and universities 
still do not allow confidential reporting of sexual assaults; 
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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 allow students to help adjudicate sexual assault 
cases; 
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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 conducted fewer sexual assault investiga-
tions than the number of sexual assault incidents at the 
college or university reported to the Department of Edu-
cation; 
Whereas only 10 to 25 percent of the perpetrators of college 
sexual assaults were kicked off of campus permanently; 
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 vic-
timization; 
Whereas over 90 percent of colleges and universities do not 
have an affirmative consent policy regarding sexual rela-
tions; and 
Whereas September 2016 would be an appropriate month to 
designate as ‘‘National Campus Sexual Assault Aware-
ness 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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