    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 10004 of March 31, 2020
    National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, 2020
    By the President of the United States of America
    A Proclamation
    No person should ever have to endure the anguish and indignity of sexual
    assault. This horrific crime affects Americans of every age, eth-
    nicity, and socioeconomic status. During National Sexual Assault
    Awareness and Prevention Month, we reaffirm our commitment to supporting
    survivors of sexual assault, encouraging strong criminal justice
    responses to these crimes, and ending the scourge of sexual violence in
    our homes and communities.
    Sexual assault is a particularly egregious and dehumanizing form of
    violence. Even after physical injuries of a sexual assault have healed,
    emotional and mental trauma can persist. Survivors often struggle with
    lingering anxiety, fear, anger, shame, and depression. The devastating
    aftermath of sexual assault can also harm a survivor's relationships
    with their loved ones. My Administration has made combating sexual
    assault a top priority.
    Last year, I signed an Executive Order establishing the Task Force on
    Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives to address
    unacceptable acts of violence against Native Americans, particularly
    women and girls. Too often, sexual assaults are committed in conjunction
    with other forms of violence against women and girls in Indian Country.
    This Task Force is enhancing collaboration across the Federal Government
    to improve the ability of law enforcement and prosecutors to respond to
    new and unsolved cases in these communities and to ensure they receive
    vital health and human services. In addition, the Office on Violence
    Against Women and the Office for Victims of Crime within the Department
    of Justice (DOJ) are spearheading an initiative to ensure that sexual
    assault victims in Native and Tribal communities have access to high-
    quality medical care from trained Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners and
    other services they may need to heal and achieve justice.
    DOJ is also providing grant funding to facilitate the analysis of
    thousands of sexual assault kits in crime laboratories across our Nation
    to identify criminals. The Department is also making sure that law
    enforcement officers, prosecutors, and victim advocates have the
    resources they need to support victims and bring offenders to justice.
    Further, DOJ and the Department of Health and Human Services have

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    identified best practices in the collection and preservation of forensic
    evidence, as well as in the care and treatment of survivors of sexual
    assault.
    Human trafficking has become rampant throughout the world, and often
    includes sexual assault. In 2019 alone, the National Human Trafficking
    Hotline received reports of nearly 12,000 cases of potential human
    trafficking in the United States, identifying more than 25,000 victims.
    More than 65 percent of these cases referenced women, and more than one
    in five referenced children. My Administration will use every tool at
    our disposal to dismantle this global problem, deliver justice, and
    ensure the safety and well-being of the survivors. That is why I signed
    an Executive Order on Combating Human Trafficking and Online Child
    Exploitation in the United States, which prioritizes the Federal
    Government's resources to prosecute offenders, assist victims, and
    provide prevention education to combat human trafficking and online
    sexual exploitation of children. I also signed into law legislation
    authorizing $430 million to fight sex and labor trafficking, and my
    fiscal year 2021 budget request to Congress seeks an increase of $42.5
    million to address human trafficking. And importantly, we are holding
    these foreign governments that fail to address human trafficking to
    account by imposing restrictions on foreign assistance.

    This month, we pause to recognize the devastation caused by sexual
    assault and to recommit ourselves to eliminating this atrocious crime.
    We are grateful to the professionals serving in healthcare, victim and
    human services, law enforcement, and criminal justice for their
    steadfast resolve against sexual assault while also caring for and
    supporting survivors. As a Nation, we stand with the courageous men,
    women, and children who have survived sexual assault and pledge to use
    every tool at our disposal to help prevent Americans from ever enduring
    the trauma of sexual assault.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
    America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
    the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 2020 as National
    Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. I urge all Americans,
    families, law enforcement personnel, healthcare providers, and community
    and faith-based organizations to support survivors of sexual assault and
    work together to prevent these crimes in their communities.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
    March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    fourth.
    DONALD J. TRUMP