[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5275]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in 
recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and in strong support of 
the Campus Accountability and Safety Act, bipartisan legislation that I 
authored with Congressman Meehan.
  Sexual assault is truly a crisis on our college campuses, where a 
survey last year indicated that 23 percent of female students are 
victims.
  In 2013, we passed the Campus SaVE Act, which I authored. It ensures 
campuses adopt clear, comprehensive procedures to investigate and 
report accurate statistics on sexual assault.
  But this is not enough. One person becomes a victim of assault every 
107 seconds in America. That is over 300,000 a year. Our bill would 
require a national survey of students to identify key risk factors for 
sexual assault and evaluate best practices to reduce sexual violence. 
The bill would also provide resources for victims of sexual assault, 
including confidential advisers.
  These are commonsense reforms that will make a world of difference by 
keeping our students safer on our college campuses.

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