,,iv  #aah? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #gbg  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,septemb] #bf1        
#bjbc,ms4 ,norton submitt$ ! foll[+     
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ,ov]sight & ,acc\ntability          
,,resolution  ,express+ support = !     
designation ( ,septemb] #bjbc z         
,national ,campus ,sexual ,assault      
,aw>5ess ,mon?4  ,:]eas colleges are n[ 
receiv+ /ud5ts 9 p]son = ! academic ye>2
 ,:]eas fre%m5 & sophomores 9 college   
are at a great] risk ( be+ sexually     
assault$ ?an juniors or s5iors2 ,:]eas  
college /ud5ts are at a high] risk (    
sexual assault dur+ ! fir/ few mon?s (  
s*ool1 ) m ?an #ej p]c5t ( college      
sexual assaults occurr+ 9 ei!r ,augu/1  
,septemb]1 ,octob]1 or ,novemb]2 ,:]eas 
! ,c5t]s = ,disease ,control &          
,prev5tion w>ns t bo? middle s*ool &    
high s*ool /ud5ts are increas+ly        
exp]i5c+ sexual h>assm5t1 sexual        
assault1 & sexual viol5ce1 ) ne>ly #ce  
p]c5t ( female sexual assault survivors 

report+ t !y 7 fir/ attack$ betwe5 !    
ages ( #aa & #ag2 ,:]eas _m college     
/ud5ts are survivors ( incapacitat$     
assault1 9 :i* !y are sexually assault$ 
:ile drugg$1 drunk1 pass$ out1 or       
o!rwise incapacitat$2 ,:]eas ^!         
survivors (t5 "k _! attack]s2 ,:]eas    
less ?an #e p]c5t ( rapes & attempt$    
rapes ( college /ud5ts are report$ to   
campus au?orities or local law en=cem5t2
 ,:]eas college sexual assault survivors
 are likely to tell someone !y "k1 mo/  
(t5 a fri5d1 ab\t _! exp]i5ce2 ,:]eas   
ov] #bj p]c5t ( college sexual assault  
survivors fe> reprisal by ! p]petrator2 
,:]eas approximately #e p]c5t ( college 
m5 acc\nt = #ij to #ie p]c5t ( ! rapes  
on college campuses2 ,:]eas _m college  
sexual assault survivors fe> poor       
treatm5t by campus or law en=cem5t      
au?orities1 or ev5 lack k ( ! report+   
process2 ,:]eas approximately #h p]c5t (
 colleges /ill d n all[ confid5tial     
report+ ( sexual assaults to campus     
au?orities2 ,:]eas #ba p]c5t ( colleges 

provide no sexual assault response tra9+
 = memb]s ( _! faculty & /aff2 ,:]eas   
approximately #da p]c5t ( colleges h n  
conduct$ a s+le sexual assault          
inve/igation 9 ! la/ #e ye>s2 ,:]eas mo/
 colleges fail to provide access to a   
specially tra9$ ,sexual ,assault ,nurse 
,exam9]2 ,:]eas law en=cem5t (ficials at
 #cj p]c5t ( colleges receive no tra9+  
on h[ to respond to reports ( sexual    
viol5ce2 ,:]eas m ?an #gj p]c5t (       
colleges d n h protocols reg>d+ h[ !    
in/itution & local law en=cem5t %\ld "w 
toge!r to respond to sexual viol5ce2    
,:]eas #cc p]c5t ( colleges fail to     
provide tra9+ to dispel rape my?s to    
p]sons adjudicat+ sexual assault claims2
 ,:]eas #dc p]c5t ( ! ,nation's l>ge/   
colleges h /ud5ts assi/+ 9 adjudicat+   
sexual assault cases1 :i* creates       
privacy & conflict-(-int]e/ conc]ns2    
,:]eas #bb p]c5t ( colleges all[ a?letic
 dep>tm5t ov]sight ( sexual viol5ce     
cases involv+ /ud5t a?letes2 ,:]eas _m  
college sexual assault survivors        

exp]i5ce confusion ov] h[ to report a   
sexual assault1 are unsure ( acceptable 
/&>ds ( sexual conduct & def9itions (   
rape & sexual assault1 & fe> puni%m5t = 
activities prec$+ "s sexual assaults1   
su* z und]age dr9k+2 ,:]eas #ba p]c5t ( 
! ,nation's l>ge/ private colleges      
report n indep5d5tly inve/igat+ all     
claims ( sexual assault t !y convey$ to 
! ,dep>tm5t ( ,education2 ,:]eas only   
approximately #ac p]c5t ( ! p]petrators 
( college sexual assaults are p]man5tly 
expell$2 ,:]eas only #aj p]c5t ( report$
 college rape cases result 9 crim9al    
*>ges aga9/ ! alleg$ p]petrator2 ,:]eas 
survivors ( campus sexual assaults are m
 likely to h _! lives disrupt$1 su* z by
 *ang+ a college major1 *ang+ campus    
h\s+1 & dropp+ a class1 ?an ! av]age    
/ud5t2 ,:]eas only #g ,/ates require    
colleges to adopt affirmative cons5t    
policies2 & ,:]eas ,septemb] #bjbc1 :5  
_m /ud5ts beg9 or return to college1 is 
an appropriate mon? to designate z      
,national ,campus ,sexual ,assault      

,aw>5ess ,mon?3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t !   
,h\se ( ,repres5tatives supports !      
designation ( ,national ,campus ,sexual 
,assault ,aw>5ess ,mon?4