119-hres763

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 763 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
H. RES. 763

 Expressing support for the designation of September 2025 as National 
 Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 23, 2025

 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 2025 as National 
 Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

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 assault during the first 
 few months of school, with more than 50 percent of college sexual 
 assaults occurring in either August, September, October, or November;
Whereas many college students are survivors of ``incapacitated 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 12 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 experience;
Whereas 20 percent of college sexual assault survivors fear reprisal by the 
 perpetrator;
Whereas many college sexual assault survivors fear poor treatment by campus or 
 law enforcement authorities, or even lack knowledge of the reporting 
 process;
Whereas 10 percent of colleges still do not allow confidential reporting of 
 sexual assaults to campus authorities;
Whereas 22 percent of colleges provide no sexual assault response training for 
 members of their faculty and staff;
Whereas 41 percent of colleges have not conducted 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;
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 protocols regarding how the 
 institution and local law enforcement should work together to respond to 
 sexual violence;
Whereas 33 percent of colleges fail to provide training to dispel ``rape myths'' 
 to persons adjudicating sexual assault claims;
Whereas 43 percent of the Nation's largest colleges have students 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 athletes;
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 activities 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 Education;
Whereas only 10 to 25 percent of the perpetrators of college sexual assaults are 
 permanently expelled;
Whereas less than 7 percent of reported college rape cases result in criminal 
 charges against the perpetrator;
Whereas survivors of campus sexual assaults are more likely to have their lives 
 disrupted, such as by changing a college major, changing campus housing, 
 and dropping a class, than the average student;
Whereas 7 States require colleges to adopt affirmative consent policies; and
Whereas September 2025, when many students begin or return 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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