Expressing support for the designation of September 2026 as National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Democrat · DC · Representative

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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

2026-09-08

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Plain-English summary pending. Introduced on 2026-09-08. Check back soon — summaries are generated as bills progress through Congress.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H. Res. 1518 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1518 Expressing support for the designation of September 2026 as National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 8, 2026 Ms. Norton submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of September 2026 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 2026, 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…

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