[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 216 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 216

Expressing support for the designation of September 2015 as ``National 
                Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2015

 Ms. Norton submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
            the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing support for the designation of September 2015 as ``National 
                Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month''.

Whereas 1 in 5 women is sexually assaulted in college;
Whereas freshmen and sophomores are at a greater risk of being sexually 
        assaulted than juniors or seniors;
Whereas 19 percent of college women and 6 percent of men will be victims of 
        sexual assault over the course of their undergraduate career;
Whereas 15 percent of college men are victims of forced sex;
Whereas many are victims of ``incapacitated assault'', in which they are 
        assaulted while drugged, drunk, passed out, or otherwise incapacitated;
Whereas a victim often knows their attacker as an acquaintance, classmate, 
        friend, or (ex)partner;
Whereas less than 5 percent of completed and attempted rapes of college students 
        are reported to campus authorities or local law enforcement;
Whereas sexual assault victims are likely to tell someone they know, most often 
        a friend, about their victimization experience;
Whereas 40 percent of college survivors feared reprisal by the perpetrator;
Whereas less than 5 percent of college men account for 90 percent to 95 percent 
        of the rapes on college campuses;
Whereas many victims fear poor treatment by campus or law enforcement 
        authorities, lack of knowledge of the reporting process, and the 
        disclosure of the incident to families and other students;
Whereas men often overestimate their peers' acceptance 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 institutions still do not allow confidential 
        reporting;
Whereas 21 percent of institutions in the national sample provide no sexual 
        assault response training for members of their faculty and staff;
Whereas more than 30 percent of institutions do not provide any sexual assault 
        training for students;
Whereas approximately 41 percent of institutions have not conducted a single 
        sexual assault investigation in the last 5 years;
Whereas more than 90 percent of institutions state that sexual assault victims 
        have access to community victim assistance/advocacy programs, yet only 
        51 percent reported utilizing these services in their team approach;
Whereas most institutions fail to provide access to a specially trained Sexual 
        Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE);
Whereas law enforcement officials at 30 percent of institutions receive no 
        training on how to respond to reports of sexual violence;
Whereas more than 70 percent of institutions do not have protocols regarding how 
        the institution and local law enforcement should work together to 
        respond to sexual violence;
Whereas 33 percent of institutions failed to provide training to dispel ``rape 
        myths'' to persons adjudicating sexual assault claims;
Whereas 43 percent of the Nation's largest public schools allow students to help 
        adjudicate sexual assault cases;
Whereas 22 percent of institutions allow athletic department oversight of sexual 
        violence cases involving student athletes;
Whereas more than 10 percent of institutions do not have a Title IX coordinator, 
        as required by Federal law;
Whereas many sexual assault victims experience confusion over how to report, 
        confusion over acceptable standards of conduct and definitions of rape 
        and sexual assault, and fear of punishment for activities preceding some 
        assaults, such as underage drinking;
Whereas only 16 percent of institutions reported conducting confidential climate 
        surveys regarding behaviors that constitute or are associated with 
        sexual assault;
Whereas only 22 percent of institutions provide sexual violence training 
        targeted at the Greek system and only 37 percent provide training 
        targeted at student athletes;
Whereas 21 percent of the Nation's largest private institutions conducted fewer 
        investigations than the number of incidents reported to the Department 
        of Education;
Whereas only 10 to 25 percent of perpetrators are found responsible for sexual 
        assault were kicked off of campus permanently;
Whereas 10 percent of reported college rape cases result in criminal charges 
        against the defendant;
Whereas victims of forced campus sexual assault are more likely to make changes 
        in their lives, such as changing college major, changing campus housing, 
        dropping a class, and seek psychological counseling, as a result of the 
        victimization;
Whereas over 90 percent of colleges and universities do not have an affirmative 
        consent policy;
Whereas 0 percent of colleges and universities do not power a culture of 
        consent; and
Whereas September 2015 would be 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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