Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

H. Res. 269 · 115th Congress · Apr 6, 2017 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That—

(1)

it is the sense of the House of Representatives that—

(A)

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month provides a special opportunity to educate the people of the United States about sexual violence and to encourage sexual assault prevention programs, improve the treatment of and services to survivors of sexual assault, and the prosecution of perpetrators;

(B)

it is appropriate to properly acknowledge survivors of sexual assault and to commend the volunteers and professionals who assist those survivors in their efforts to heal;

(C)

national and community organizations and private sector supporters should be recognized and applauded for their work in promoting awareness about sexual assault, providing information and treatment to survivors of sexual assault, and increasing the number of successful prosecutions of perpetrators of sexual assault; and

(D)

public safety, law enforcement, and health professionals should be recognized and applauded for their hard work and innovative strategies to ensure perpetrators of sexual assault are held accountable; and

(2)

the House of Representatives supports the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

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Apr 6, 2017viewing Introduced in House Mr. Reed (for himself, Ms. Speier, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Norton, Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Soto, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Costa, Mr. Cook, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. McEachin, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Poe of Texas, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Cicilline, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Kind, Mr. Rush, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Raskin, Mrs. Mimi Walters of California, Mrs. Demings, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania, Mr. Keating, Mr. Katko, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Faso, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Peters, Mr. Coffman, and Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

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