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Whereas children and young adults are most at risk, 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; 
Whereas the rate of sexual assaults has decreased by half in 
the last decade; and 
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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 
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; 
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(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 the offenders; 
(2) the House of Representatives strongly rec-
ommends national and community organizations, 
businesses in the private sector, colleges and univer-
sities, and the media to promote, through National 
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, 
awareness of sexual violence and strategies to de-
crease the incidence of sexual assault; and 
(3) the House of Representatives supports the 
goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Aware-
ness and Prevention Month. 
Æ 
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