IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 675 
Supporting the goals and ideals of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention 
Month. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 12, 2016 
Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mrs. BLACK, 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. COSTA, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. 
DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DOLD, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 
FOSTER, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAP-
TUR, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KIND, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mrs. LAW-
RENCE, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 
MEEHAN, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. POCAN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
RICHMOND, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WAT-
SON COLEMAN, and Mr. YARMUTH) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of Sexual Assault Awareness 
and Prevention Month. 
Whereas sexual violence is widespread and impacts every per-
son in this country, on average another person in the 
United States is sexually assaulted every 2 minutes; 
Whereas rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment harm 
every community, and statistics from the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention (CDC) show 1 in 5 women 
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and 1 in 71 men will be raped at some point in their 
lives; 
Whereas children and young adults are most at risk of sexual 
assault, as 44 percent of victims of sexual assault 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, and religious, age, ethnic, ability, sexual 
orientation, and economic groups in the United States; 
Whereas according to the Department of Justice, all 18- to 
24-year-olds are at significant risk of sexual assault, 
whether they are in college or not; 
Whereas female college students in that age range are about 
3 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than the pop-
ulation at large, while non-students are about 4 times 
more likely; 
Whereas for males 18–24, the risk is higher among college 
students—men make up 17 percent of all college student 
victims; 
Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in its 
Uniform Crime Reports, expanded its definition of rape 
to include sexual assault against males, which assists in 
making reports of this devastating crime more accurate; 
Whereas in addition to the immediate physical and emotional 
costs, sexual assault has been associated with long-term 
consequences including post-traumatic stress disorder, 
substance abuse, depression, homelessness, eating dis-
orders, and suicide; 
Whereas all forms of sexual violence are unacceptable, wheth-
er committed by a stranger, family member, or acquaint-
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ance of the victim, and 8 out of 10 victims know the per-
son who sexually assaulted them; 
Whereas less than half of victims of sexual assault pursue 
prosecution by reporting their attack to law enforcement 
and sexual assault is the most underreported violent 
crime; 
Whereas we have the potential to identify and prosecute rap-
ists in tens of thousands of unsolved cases by fully as-
sessing the scope of the backlog of untested evidence in 
the possession of law enforcement and crime labs and by 
using DNA technology to eliminate the backlog; 
Whereas aggressive prosecution can lead to the incarceration 
of rapists, thereby preventing them from committing ad-
ditional crimes; 
Whereas national, State, territory, and tribal coalitions, com-
munity-based sexual assault service providers, law en-
forcement agencies, and other organizations across the 
United States are committed to preventing sexual vio-
lence through increased education, awareness and com-
munity involvement; 
Whereas important partnerships have formed among criminal 
justice and juvenile justice agencies, health professionals, 
public health workers, educators, first responders, and 
victim service providers; 
Whereas according to a 2015 survey of rape crisis centers by 
the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, 1⁄3 of rape 
crisis centers had to decrease hours of services for indi-
vidual or group counseling; almost 1⁄2 had a waiting list 
for counseling services; and 1⁄3 had a waiting list for pre-
vention programs; 
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Whereas free, confidential help is available to all victims and 
survivors of sexual assault through the National Sexual 
Assault Hotlines (800–656–HOPE and ohl.rainn.org, 
ohl.rainn.org/es/), and more than 1,000 sexual assault 
service providers across the Nation; 
Whereas sexual violence is also a burden for many who serve 
the Nation, and the Department of Defense (DOD) esti-
mates that approximately 19,000 service members experi-
enced unwanted sexual contact in fiscal year 2014; 
Whereas the DOD Safe Helpline, Safe HelpRoom, and Safe 
Helpline mobile app provide support and help to active 
duty service members and other members of the DOD 
community worldwide by phone (877–995–5247) and on-
line at SafeHelpline.org, as well as installation-based re-
ferrals via texting; 
Whereas individual and collective efforts reflect our dream for 
a Nation where citizens and organizations actively work 
to prevent all forms of sexual violence and no victim of 
sexual assault goes unserved, and no perpetrator of the 
crime goes unpunished; and 
Whereas April is recognized as ‘‘National Sexual Assault 
Awareness and Prevention Month’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives 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 
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the prevention of sexual assault, the improved 
treatment of its victims, 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 to 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 
(D) public safety, law enforcement, and 
health professionals should be recognized and 
applauded for their hard work and innovative 
strategies to increase the percentage of sexual 
assault cases that result in the prosecution and 
incarceration of its perpetrators; and 
(2) the House of Representatives— 
(A) strongly recommends national and 
community-based organizations, businesses in 
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the private sector, colleges and universities, and 
the media promote, through National Sexual 
Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, 
awareness of sexual violence, resources for its 
survivors and their friends and family members, 
and strategies to decrease the incidence of sex-
ual assault; and 
(B) supports the goals and ideals of Na-
tional Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention 
Month. 
Æ 
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