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| https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/mccaskill-gillibrand-commend-fraternity-sorority-groups-that-have-withdrawn-support-for-bill-that-undermine-campus-sexual-assault-efforts | McCaskill, Gillibrand Commend Fraternity, Sorority Groups that have Withdrawn Support for Bill that Undermine Campus Sexual Assault Efforts | 2015-11-16 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Democrat | House | MO | Claire McCaskill | M001170 | www.mccaskill.senate.gov | legacy | McCaskill, Gillibrand Commend Fraternity, Sorority Groups that have Withdrawn Support for Bill that Undermine Campus Sexual Assault Efforts Senators, sponsors of the Campus Accountability and Safety Act, successfully urged national fraternity and sorority organizations to drop support for legislation that would weaken schools ability to punish sexual assaults on campus Monday, November 16, 2015 WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York today released the following statement after the national fraternity and sorority associations announced their withdrawal of supportat the Senators urgingof legislation that would undermine and weaken the authority of colleges and universities to adjudicate incidents of sexual assault on their campuses: We want to commend these groupswho are critical voices in this national dialoguefor reexamining their approach to helping curb sexual assaults on our college campuses. The House bill in question would have tied schools hands, and would have undermined safety for survivorswhich these groups have now recognized is not the way to combat these crimes. Were looking forward to working with the North American Interfraternity Conference and the National Panhellenic Conference to achieve our shared goals, and get our bipartisan legislation to protect and empower students and hold perpetrators accountable, across the finish line in Congress. The Senators recently wrote to the national fraternity and sorority groups, including the National Panhellenic Conference and the North American Interfraternity Conference, urging them to drop their support for a bill by Congressman Matt Salmon that would tie the hands of schools in addressing sexual violencedramatically weakening their ability to adjudicate allegations of sexual assault on their campuseswhile leaving other crimes such as theft and physical assault fully in schools control and purview. That legislation, which is opposed by every major victims advocacy group, would require victims of sexual assault to report the offense to criminal authorities and wait for the criminal investigation to be completed for the campus disciplinary process to permanently remove perpetrators from campus. Criminal investigations can take months or years, if they proceed at all, and many victims do not feel comfortable going to the police; the bill would force them to go through the criminal justice process against their will before the campus can take action against a perpetrator. The bill, which has thus far lacked the support for introduction in the Senate, imposes this unique standard of reporting to the police upon victims of sexual assault victims alonewhile continuing to allow victims of physical assault or robbery to access the campus administrative process without a police report. McCaskill and Gillibrand have led a bipartisan coalition of Senators in advancing the Campus Accountability and Safety Actbipartisan legislation to combat sexual assault on college and university campuses by protecting and empowering students, strengthening accountability and transparency for institutions, and holding perpetrators accountable. The senators legislation, is now cosponsored by more than one-third of the Senate. ### Print Email Tweet | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |