IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1558 

Supporting the goals and ideals of October as ‘‘National Domestic Violence 

Awareness Month’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 

Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. AMO, Ms. 

BARRAGA ́N, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BERA, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. 

BONAMICI, Ms. BROWN, Mr. BUCHANAN, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. 

CARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CASE, Mr. 

CASTEN, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER, Mrs. 

CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. CHU, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COSTA, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of 

North Carolina, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 

DELUZIO, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. ELLZEY, Ms. ESCOBAR, 

Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. 

LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. FROST, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. ROBERT

GARCIA of California, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Mrs. GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 

IVEY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KEAN of 

New Jersey, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIM

of New Jersey, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. LARSEN of 

Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 

LIEU, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. 

MORELLE, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. 

NEAL, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. PAPPAS, 

Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, 

Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. 

SA ́NCHEZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mr. DAVID

SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr. 

SOTO, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. STANTON, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. 

SWALWELL, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. TITUS, 

Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. 

TORRES of New York, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. 

WEXTON, Ms. WILD, Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, Ms. WILLIAMS of 

Georgia, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. PANETTA) submitted the folVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:53 Nov 01, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\HR1558.IH HR1558

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lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of October as ‘‘National 

Domestic Violence Awareness Month’’. 

Whereas this resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Original National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 

2024’’; 

Whereas intimate partner violence affects people of all ages 

as well as all racial, ethnic, gender, economic, and religious backgrounds; 

Whereas an average of 24 people per minute are victims of 

rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner 

in the United States, amounting to more than 

12,000,000 women and men over the course of a single 

year; 

Whereas, in 2023, the National Domestic Violence Hotline 

answered more than 460,000 calls, chats, and texts about 

services, more than any other year before; 

Whereas, of the reported abuse types, 93 percent of those 

who contacted the National Domestic Violence Hotline 

disclosed emotional abuse, 64 percent stated they experienced physical abuse, 35 percent described economic or 

financial abuse, 20 percent revealed digital abuse, and 11 

percent detailed sexual abuse; 

Whereas 76 percent of those who contacted the National Domestic Violence Hotline identified as victims or survivors; 

11 percent identified as friends, family members, or other 


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helpers; and 13 percent identified as other, such as those 

working with survivors or even those causing the harm; 

Whereas women are largely the victims of domestic violence, 

as approximately 1 in 2 women, compared to 2 in 5 men, 

will experience intimate partner violence or stalking during their lifetimes; 

Whereas survivors of domestic violence are strong, courageous, and resilient; 

Whereas, on average, almost 3 women are murdered by an 

intimate partner in the United States every day; 

Whereas women ages 18 to 34 experience the highest rates, 

per capita, of intimate partner violence; 

Whereas more than 1 in 4 women and more than 1 in 5 men 

who were victims of contact sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner first experienced 

these or other forms of violence before age 18; 

Whereas nearly 1 in 3 college women say they have been in 

an abusive dating relationship; 

Whereas more than 1 in 3 Native American women will be 

raped, and more than 4 in 5 will experience violence in 

their lifetimes; 

Whereas African-American women experience intimate partner violence at a rate 35 percent higher than that of 

White women and about 2.5 times the rate of women of 

other races, but African-American women are less likely 

than White women to use social services or battered 

women’s programs or to go to the hospital because of domestic violence; 

Whereas in research conducted by the Asian Pacific Institute 

on Gender-Based Violence, 16 to 55 percent of Asian and 


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Pacific Islander women reported experiencing domestic 

violence (physical, sexual, or both) during their lifetimes; 

Whereas, according to the National Intimate and Sexual Violence Survey, 42.1 percent of Latina women are victimized by intimate partner violence, defined by rape, physical assault, or stalking, in their lifetime; 

Whereas one study of 2,000 Latinas found that 63.1 percent 

of women who identified being victimized in their lifetime 

reported having experienced more than one victimization, 

with an average of 2.56 victimizations; 

Whereas victims of domestic violence report hesitation calling 

law enforcement and accessing victims services due to uncertainty arising from fear of prosecution for unrelated 

activities, including immigration status; 

Whereas the average cost of intimate partner violence over a 

victim’s lifetime for medical and mental health care services is $103,767 for women and $23,414 for men; 

Whereas, of women who die by homicide, 34 percent are 

killed by an intimate partner or former intimate partner, 

which is 5 times higher than the number of men killed 

by an intimate partner or former partner; 

Whereas women victims are more vulnerable to contracting 

HIV or other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) due 

to forced intercourse or prolonged exposure to stress; 

Whereas multiple nationwide studies suggest that there is a 

relationship between intimate partner violence, depression, and suicidal behavior; 

Whereas 21 to 60 percent of domestic violence victims report 

that they have lost a job due, at least in part, to domestic 

violence; 


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Whereas some domestic violence victims who have protection 

orders or other indications that they are victims are 

evicted from or denied access to housing; 

Whereas 1 in 4 homeless women are homeless because of violence committed against them, and 92 percent of homeless women experience severe physical or sexual abuse at 

some point in their lifetimes; 

Whereas a review of 12 United States studies, most of which 

included data from multiple cities, shows that domestic 

violence incidents increased 8.1 percent after jurisdictions 

imposed pandemic-related lockdown orders; 

Whereas 13.5 percent of women and 5.2 percent of men report having been stalked by an intimate partner; 

Whereas 81 percent of women who are stalked by a current 

or former male partner are also physically abused by that 

partner; 

Whereas, of total domestic violence homicides, about 75 percent of the victims were killed as they attempted to leave 

the relationship or after the relationship had ended; 

Whereas between 94 to 99 percent of abusive relationships 

include financial abuse, causing the survivors to stay or 

return to the abusive relationship; 

Whereas more than 8,000,000 days of paid work each year 

are lost due to domestic violence issues; and the financial 

cost of intimate partner violence exceeds 

$12,000,000,000 per year; 

Whereas 96 percent of employed domestic violence victims experience problems at work due to abuse; 


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Whereas 1 in 15 children is exposed to physical intimate 

partner violence each year, and 5.7 percent were exposed 

to psychological intimate partner violence each year; 

Whereas children exposed to domestic violence are more likely 

to attempt suicide, abuse drugs and alcohol, run away 

from home, and become victims of human trafficking; 

Whereas 1 large study found that men exposed to physical 

abuse, sexual abuse, and adult domestic violence as children were almost 4 times more likely than other men to 

have perpetrated domestic violence as adults; 

Whereas 73 percent of male abusers were abused as children; 

Whereas 1 in 10 high school students has experienced violence, either physical or sexual, from a dating partner in 

the past year; 

Whereas half of the youth who have been victims of both dating violence and rape attempt suicide, compared to 12.5 

percent of nonabused girls and 5.4 percent of nonabused 

boys; 

Whereas there is a need for primary schools, secondary 

schools, and postsecondary schools to educate students 

about the issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking; 

Whereas a recently released multistate study shows that the 

Nation’s domestic violence shelters are addressing victims’ urgent and long-term needs and are helping victims 

protect themselves and their children; 

Whereas a 2023 survey by the National Network to End Domestic Violence reported that 76,975 domestic violence 

victims were served by domestic violence shelters and programs around the Nation in a single day; 


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Whereas an additional 13,335 requests for services went 

unmet that day due to lack of resources and 54 percent 

of these requests were for housing needs; 

Whereas most murdered transgender women are killed by intimate partners; 

Whereas transgender individuals are 2.2 times more at risk 

of physical intimate partner violence, and 2.5 times more 

at risk of sexual intimate partner violence than cisgender 

individuals; 

Whereas a 2018 analysis on the killings of women in 47 

major United States cities during the previous decade 

found that nearly half (46 percent) of them died as a result of intimate partner violence; 

Whereas 61.1 percent of bisexual women, 43.8 percent of lesbian women, 37.3 percent of bisexual men, and 26 percent of homosexual men experience intimate partner violence during their lifetimes; 

Whereas domestic violence advocates provide lifesaving, essential services; 

Whereas there is a need to increase, not reduce, funding for 

programs aimed at intervening in and preventing domestic violence in the United States; and 

Whereas October is an appropriate month for the observance 

of ‘‘National Domestic Violence Awareness Month’’: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Original Na3 tional Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 

4 2024’’. 

5 SEC. 2. SUPPORTING NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

6 AWARENESS MONTH. 

7 The House of Representatives— 

8 (1) supports the goals and ideals of ‘‘National 

9 Domestic Violence Awareness Month’’; and 

10 (2) expresses the sense of the House of Rep11 resentatives that Congress should continue to raise 

12 awareness of domestic violence and its devastating 

13 effects on individuals, families, and communities, 

14 and support programs designed to end domestic vio15 lence in the United States. 

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