Whereas the Senate is committed to the awareness, prevention, and deterrence of sexual violence affecting individuals in the United States; Whereas, according to the Department of Justice, an estimated 323,450 individuals ages 12 and older in the United States experienced sexual violence during 2016; Whereas, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey, between 1995 and 2010, approximately— (1) 3,900,000 women were victims of completed rape; (2) 1,100,00 women were victims of attempted rape; and (3) 584,800 men were victims of sexual assault; Whereas, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (commonly known as RAINN ), an individual is sexually assaulted every 98 seconds in the United States, but for every 1,000 rapes committed in the United States, on average only— (1) 310 rapes are reported to law enforcement agencies; (2) 57 reported rape cases lead to an arrest; (3) 11 rape cases are referred for prosecution; (4) 7 rape cases lead to a felony conviction; and (5) 6 convicted rapists are sentenced to some form of incarceration; Whereas, according to the Criminal Victimization Summary for 2016 of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, only 22.9 percent of rapes or sexual assaults in the United States were reported to law enforcement agencies; Whereas studies have suggested that American Indians and Alaska Natives are at a significantly higher rate of violent victimization than other individuals in the United States; Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1/2 of all female rape victims reported being raped by an intimate partner; Whereas sexual violence is a burden for many individuals who serve in the United States Armed Forces, and the Department of Defense estimates that approximately 14,900 service members experienced some form of sexual assault during 2016; Whereas sexual assault does not discriminate on any basis and can affect any individual in the United States