IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 727 
Expressing support for the designation of September 2023 as National 
Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 
Ms. NORTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of September 2023 
as National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month. 
Whereas colleges are now receiving students in person for the 
academic year; 
Whereas freshmen and sophomores in college are at a greater 
risk of being sexually assaulted than juniors or seniors; 
Whereas college students are at a higher risk of sexual as-
sault during the first few months of school, with more 
than 50 percent of college sexual assaults occurring in ei-
ther August, September, October, or November; 
Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
warns that both middle school and high school students 
are increasingly experiencing sexual harassment, sexual 
assault, and sexual violence, with nearly 35 percent of fe-
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male sexual assault survivors reporting that they were 
first attacked between the ages of 11 and 17; 
Whereas many college students are survivors of ‘‘incapaci-
tated assault’’, in which they are sexually assaulted while 
drugged, drunk, passed out, or otherwise incapacitated; 
Whereas these survivors 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 survivors are likely to tell 
someone they know, most often a friend, about their ex-
perience; 
Whereas over 20 percent of college sexual assault survivors 
fear reprisal by the perpetrator; 
Whereas approximately 5 percent of college men account for 
90 to 95 percent of the rapes on college campuses; 
Whereas many college sexual assault survivors fear poor 
treatment by campus or law enforcement authorities, or 
even lack knowledge of the reporting process; 
Whereas approximately 8 percent of colleges still do not allow 
confidential reporting of sexual assaults to campus au-
thorities; 
Whereas 21 percent of colleges provide no sexual assault re-
sponse training for members of their faculty and staff; 
Whereas approximately 41 percent of colleges have not con-
ducted a single sexual assault investigation in the last 5 
years; 
Whereas most colleges fail to provide access to a specially 
trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner; 
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Whereas law enforcement officials at 30 percent of colleges 
receive no training on how to respond to reports of sexual 
violence; 
Whereas more than 70 percent of colleges do not have proto-
cols regarding how the institution and local law enforce-
ment should work together to respond to sexual violence; 
Whereas 33 percent of colleges fail to provide training to dis-
pel ‘‘rape myths’’ to persons adjudicating sexual assault 
claims; 
Whereas 43 percent of the Nation’s largest colleges have stu-
dents assisting in adjudicating sexual assault cases, 
which creates privacy and conflict-of-interest concerns; 
Whereas 22 percent of colleges allow athletic department 
oversight of sexual violence cases involving student ath-
letes; 
Whereas many college sexual assault survivors experience 
confusion over how to report a sexual assault, are unsure 
of acceptable standards of sexual conduct and definitions 
of rape and sexual assault, and fear punishment for ac-
tivities preceding some sexual assaults, such as underage 
drinking; 
Whereas 21 percent of the Nation’s largest private colleges 
report not independently investigating all claims of sexual 
assault that they conveyed to the Department of Edu-
cation; 
Whereas only approximately 13 percent of the perpetrators of 
college sexual assaults are permanently expelled; 
Whereas only 10 percent of reported college rape cases result 
in criminal charges against the alleged perpetrator; 
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Whereas survivors of campus sexual assaults are more likely 
to have their lives disrupted, such as by changing a col-
lege major, changing campus housing, and dropping a 
class, than the average student; 
Whereas only 7 States require colleges to adopt affirmative 
consent policies; and 
Whereas September 2023, when many students begin or re-
turn to college, is an appropriate month to designate 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. 
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