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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10099 

To establish a National Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan to expand, 

intensify and coordinate domestic violence prevention programs in the 

United States of America, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 

Ms. WEXTON (for herself and Mr. JOYCE of Ohio) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To establish a National Domestic Violence Prevention Action 

Plan to expand, intensify and coordinate domestic violence prevention programs in the United States of America, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Domestic Vio5 lence Prevention Action Plan’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds as follows: 


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1 (1) Domestic violence is a serious public health 

2 problem and more than 12 million individuals expe3 rience domestic violence in the United States each 

4 year. 

5 (2) According to the National Intimate Partner 

6 and Sexual Violence Survey, in the United States 

7 more than 2 in 5 women and nearly 1 in 4 men will 

8 experience contact sexual violence, physical violence, 

9 and/or stalking by an intimate partner and experi10 ence an intimate partner violence related impact in 

11 their lifetime, and approximately 1 in 3 women and 

12 1 in 4 men experience severe physical violence by an 

13 intimate partner in their lifetime. 

14 (3) More than half of female homicides were 

15 connected to intimate partner violence and in a do16 mestic violence situation the presence of a gun in17 creases the risk of homicide by 500 percent. 

18 (4) While Domestic violence can affect anyone, 

19 research indicates that communities of color, individ20 uals with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and 

21 other marginalized communities can be dispropor22 tionately impacted. 

23 (5) Domestic violence leads to the loss of nearly 

24 8 million days of work each year and costs the 

25 United States $3.6 trillion. 


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1 (6) The United Nations has urged countries to 

2 adopt national action plans to combat gender-based 

3 violence and violence against women, including do4 mestic violence, and approximately 50 countries, in5 cluding Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, 

6 Germany, Spain, and Ireland, have adopted such 

7 plans. 

8 (7) The United States does not have a national 

9 plan of action on domestic violence or gender-based 

10 violence, making it a global outlier. 

11 (8) While the Violence Against Women Act and 

12 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act are the 

13 United States landmark pieces of domestic violence 

14 legislation and has many of the hallmarks of a na15 tional action plan on domestic violence prevention, 

16 the United States does not have a whole-of-govern17 ment, goal-oriented, community-informed, forward 

18 looking national plan of action for domestic violence 

19 prevention. 

20 (9) The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) 

21 created the Office on Violence Against Women 

22 (OVW) in 1995 to administer financial and technical 

23 assistance to communities across the United States 

24 that are working to develop and maintain programs, 


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1 policies, and practices devoted to ending domestic vi2 olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

3 (10) None of the programs administered by the 

4 Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) focus 

5 solely on prevention of domestic violence. 

6 (11) The Family Violence Prevention and Serv7 ices Act authorizes three major activities: domestic 

8 violence prevention activities through a program 

9 known as Domestic Violence Prevention Enhance10 ment and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA), 

11 the National Domestic Violence Hotline, and domes12 tic violence shelters, victims’ services, and program 

13 support. 

14 (12) Since 1996, the Centers for Disease Con15 trol and Prevention has awarded Domestic Violence 

16 Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through 

17 Alliances (DELTA) funding to State Domestic Vio18 lence Coalitions (SDVCs) to coordinate specific pre19 vention activities. However, only ten states currently 

20 benefit from this funding. 

21 (13) According to the Centers for Disease Con22 trol and Prevention, DELTA focuses on imple23 menting three strategies—engage influential adults 

24 and peers, create protective environments, and 

25 strengthen economic supports for families—with the 


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1 goal of addressing and decreasing community and 

2 societal level risk, identifying factors in communities 

3 that may lead to intimate partner violence, and in4 creasing protective factors that prevent it. 

5 (14) In 1993, the National Resource Center on 

6 Domestic Violence was established through the De7 partment of Health and Human Services funding to 

8 (1) support community awareness and educational 

9 efforts of domestic violence programs through the 

10 Domestic Violence Awareness Project (DVAP), (2) 

11 promote and support the leadership of women of 

12 color at the local, state, and national levels through 

13 the Women of Color Network, (3) promote holistic 

14 programming and policy response through Building 

15 Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence, and 

16 connect individuals to research on emerging issues 

17 related to domestic violence, sexual violence, public 

18 policy, and primary prevention through VAWnet. 

19 (15) Many Federal agencies address domestic 

20 violence by providing formula-based and discre21 tionary grants to local, State, and tribal govern22 ments, courts, nonprofits organizations, community23 based organizations, secondary schools, institutions 

24 of higher education, special-issue resource centers 

25 and State and tribal coalitions for the purpose of 


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1 supporting victims and holding perpetrators account2 able for their actions associated with domestic vio3 lence with a lack of focus on prevention: 

4 (A) The Department of Defense admin5 isters the congressionally mandated Family Ad6 vocacy Program (FAP) which is devoted to pro7 viding clinical assessment, supportive services, 

8 and treatment in response to domestic violence, 

9 as well as, report domestic abuse in military 

10 families annually to Congress. 

11 (B) The Department of State supports nu12 merous programs that address domestic vio13 lence globally through its human rights and hu14 manitarian activities, including those housed in 

15 the Office of Global Women’s Issues that sup16 ports anti-gender-based violence (GBV) pro17 grams and promotes awareness. 

18 (C) Through their agency-wide efforts to 

19 address gender inequality and gender-based vio20 lence, the U.S. Agency for International Devel21 opment (USAID) supports programs that aim 

22 to prevent and respond to domestic violence 

23 globally through its work in development, global 

24 health, and humanitarian assistance. 


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1 (D) The Indian Country Crimes Unit 

2 (ICCU) at the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

3 (FBI) is responsible for developing and imple4 menting strategies, programs, and policies to 

5 address identified crimes problems in Indian 

6 country, including but not limited to, initiatives 

7 related to domestic violence and sex offenses, 

8 program management, and support for the Safe 

9 Trails Task Force. 

10 (E) The Office of Justice Services at the 

11 Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA-OJS) has 

12 shared Federal jurisdiction with the Federal 

13 Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in handling 

14 crimes, including domestic violence, on tribal 

15 lands. 

16 (F) The Federal Bureau of Investigation 

17 (FBI) collects national domestic violence crime 

18 statistics, including through the National-Inci19 dent Based Reporting System. 

20 (G) The Department of Education admin21 isters the Elementary and Secondary Education 

22 Act (ESEA) Title IV–A Student Support and 

23 Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grants to local 

24 education agencies (LEAs) that could be used 


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1 to support initiatives to address domestic vio2 lence and teen dating violence in schools. 

3 (H) The Higher Education Act (HEA) re4 quires institutions of higher education (IHE) to 

5 include in their annual security report (ASR) a 

6 statement of policy regarding the IHE’s pro7 grams to prevent domestic violence, dating vio8 lence, and other related crimes, and procedures 

9 that the IHE will follow once an incident of do10 mestic or dating violence has been reported. 

11 (I) The Department of Housing and Urban 

12 Development (HUD), in conjunction with the 

13 Department of Health and Human Services 

14 (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), 

15 funds housing programs for individuals and 

16 families who are fleeing or attempting to flee 

17 their home due to domestic violence, sexual as18 sault, or stalking, as well as, oversees the Do19 mestic Violence Housing Technical Assistance 

20 Consortium through the Safe Housing Partner21 ship that provides technical assistance to com22 munity providers on housing and domestic vio23 lence. 

24 (J) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

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1 land Security (DHS) accepts applications and 

2 assist survivors of domestic violence in becom3 ing lawful permanent residents through Vio4 lence Against Women Act (VAWA) self-peti5 tions. 

6 (16) According to the National Institutes of 

7 Health, responses to domestic violence have focused, 

8 to date, primarily on intervention after the problem 

9 has already been identified and harm has occurred. 

10 However, there are prevention strategies and preven11 tion approaches from the public health field that can 

12 serve as models for further development of domestic 

13 violence prevention, such as a public health cam14 paign that identifies and addresses the underlying 

15 causes of the issues. 

16 (17) According to the National Institutes of 

17 Health, domestic violence prevention should be ad18 dressed along a continuum of possible harm: (1) pri19 mary prevention to reduce the incidence of the prob20 lem before it occurs; (2) secondary prevention to de21 crease the prevalence after early signs of the prob22 lem; and (3) tertiary prevention to intervene once 

23 the problem is already clearly evident and causing 

24 harm. 


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1 (18) According to the National Institutes of 

2 Health, Primary prevention include school-based 

3 programs that teach students about domestic vio4 lence and alternative conflict-resolution skills, and 

5 public education campaigns to increase awareness of 

6 the harms of domestic violence and of services avail7 able to victims. 

8 (19) According to the National Institutes of 

9 Health, Secondary prevention programs could in10 clude home visiting for high-risk families and com11 munity-based programs on dating violence for ado12 lescents referred through child protective services 

13 (CPS). 

14 (20) According to the National Institutes of 

15 Health, tertiary prevention includes the many tar16 geted intervention programs already in place. 

17 (21) According to the National Institutes of 

18 Health, early evaluations of existing prevention pro19 grams show promise, but results are still prelimi20 nary, and programs remain small, locally based, and 

21 scattered throughout the United States. 

22 (22) According to the National Institutes of 

23 Health, the United States needs a broadly based, 

24 comprehensive prevention strategy that is supported 

25 by sound research and evaluation, receives adequate 


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1 public backing, and is based on a policy of zero tol2 erance for domestic violence. 

3 SEC. 3. NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AC4 TION PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE. 

5 (a) STEERING COMMITTEE.—With the goal of estab6 lishing a National Domestic Violence Prevention Action 

7 Plan to expand, intensify, and coordinate domestic vio8 lence prevention programs and activities in the United 

9 States of America, the Department of Health and Human 

10 Services shall establish a steering committee which shall 

11 create, facilitate the activities, and further the goals of the 

12 National Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan. Such 

13 committee shall consist of: 

14 (1) The commissioner at the Administration on 

15 Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) at the Ad16 ministration for Children and Families (ACF) at the 

17 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 

18 (HHS), who shall serve as Chair. 

19 (2) The administrator of the Family Violence 

20 Prevention and Services Program at the Department 

21 of Health and Human Services, who shall serve as 

22 Vice-Chair. 

23 (3) The Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

24 Evaluation at the Department of Health and 

25 Human Services. 


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1 (4) The administrator of the Office on Violence 

2 Against Women at the Department of Justice. 

3 (5) The administrator of the Division of Vio4 lence Prevention at the Center for Disease Control 

5 and Prevention. 

6 (6) The administrator of the Division of Injury 

7 Prevention at the Center for Disease Control and 

8 Prevention. 

9 (7) The administrator of the Office of Juvenile 

10 Justice and Delinquency Prevention at the Depart11 ment of Justice. 

12 (8) The administrator of the Office of Victim of 

13 Crimes at the Department of Justice. 

14 (9) The Under Secretary of Education at the 

15 Department of Education. 

16 (10) Such other subject matter experts the 

17 Chair of the National Domestic Violence Prevention 

18 Steering Committee deems necessary for the creation 

19 of the functions of the National Domestic Violence 

20 Prevention Action Plan. 

21 (b) ROLE OF MEMBERSHIP CHAIR.—The Chair of 

22 the National Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan 

23 Steering Committee shall convene and preside at the meet24 ings of the Steering Committee, set its agenda, coordinate 

25 its work, and, may, as appropriate to deal with particular 


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1 subject matters, establish subcommittees of the Steering 

2 Committee. 

3 (c) COORDINATION OF STAKEHOLDERS.—In estab4 lishing the National Domestic Violence Prevention Action 

5 Plan, the Steering Committee shall collaborate with gov6 ernment and non-government stakeholders who may be af7 fected by the plan, including but not limited to, Federal, 

8 State, local, and tribal officials, public health agencies, 

9 health care providers, early childhood and child care pro10 viders, domestic violence advocacy groups, faith-based or11 ganizations, educational agencies, military branches, and 

12 community-based and culturally specific child and family 

13 serving organizations. 

14 (d) STATE AND LOCAL COMMITMENT.—The Steering 

15 Committee shall seek support and commitment of Federal, 

16 State, local, and tribal officials in formulation and imple17 mentation of the National Domestic Violence Prevention 

18 Action Plan. 

19 (e) STRATEGY BASED ON EVIDENCE.—The Steering 

20 Committee shall ensure the National Domestic Violence 

21 Prevention Action Plan is based on the best available evi22 dence regarding the policies and programs most effective 

23 in preventing, reducing the prevalence, and spreading 

24 awareness of any and all forms of domestic violence. 


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1 (f) ADMINISTRATION.—To the extent permitted by 

2 law and subject to the availability of appropriations, the 

3 Administrator may provide the National Domestic Vio4 lence Prevention Action Plan Steering Committee with ad5 ministrative services, facilities, staff, and other support 

6 services necessary for the creation of the functions of the 

7 National Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan. 

8 (g) EXISITING AUTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBIL9 ITIES.—The establishment and operation of the National 

10 Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan shall not be 

11 construed to diminish, supersede, or replace the respon12 sibilities, authorities, or role of any officer, component, or 

13 department official. 

14 SEC. 4. NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AC15 TION PLAN DEVELOPMENT. 

16 (a) ACTION PLAN PROMULGATION.—In establishing 

17 the National Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan, 

18 the Steering Committee shall promulgate the National Do19 mestic Violence Prevention Action Plan, which shall set 

20 forth a comprehensive plan to expand, intensify, and co21 ordinate domestic violence prevention programs and activi22 ties in the United States of America. 

23 (b) CONTENT OF THE ACTION PLAN.—The National 

24 Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan shall include 

25 but not limited to: 


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1 (1) Mission statement detailing the major func2 tions of the National Domestic Violence Prevention 

3 Action Plan. 

4 (2) Objectives to the National Domestic Vio5 lence Prevention Action Plan including but not lim6 ited to: 

7 (A) Expand coordination of domestic vio8 lence prevention efforts among Federal, State, 

9 local, and tribal government agencies and with 

10 other relevant stakeholders to ensure a whole11 of-government, goal-oriented, community-in12 formed, forward-looking approach in addressing 

13 domestic violence prevention in the United 

14 States. 

15 (B) Intensify domestic violence prevention 

16 efforts by addressing the continuum of possible 

17 harm— 

18 (i) primary prevention to reduce the 

19 incidence of the problem before it occurs; 

20 (ii) secondary prevention to decrease 

21 the prevalence after early signs of the 

22 problem; and 

23 (iii) tertiary prevention to intervene 

24 once the problem is already clearly evident 

25 and causing harm. 


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1 (C) Boost implementation of existing do2 mestic violence prevention efforts throughout 

3 Federal, State, local, and tribal government 

4 agencies, as well as, public health agencies, 

5 health care providers, early childhood and 

6 childcare providers, domestic violence advocacy 

7 groups, faith-based organizations, educational 

8 agencies, military branches, and community9 based and culturally specific child and family 

10 serving organizations. 

11 (D) Improve evaluation of domestic vio12 lence prevention through targeted collection and 

13 analysis of data and research to enhance effec14 tiveness and long-term benefits of domestic vio15 lence prevention programs and efforts. 

16 (E) Enhance public awareness of domestic 

17 violence prevention programs by establishing a 

18 national awareness campaign focused primarily 

19 on education and prevention. 

20 (3) Comprehensive, research-based, long-range, 

21 quantifiable goals for expanding, intensifying, and 

22 coordinating domestic violence prevention programs 

23 and activities. 

24 (4) Annual quantifiable and measurable objec25 tives and specific targets to accomplish long-term 


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1 quantifiable goals that the Steering Committee de2 termines may be achieved during each year begin3 ning on the date on which the National Domestic Vi4 olence Prevention Action Plan is submitted. 

5 (5) Five-year projections and budget priorities 

6 for the National Domestic Violence Prevention Ac7 tion Plan. 

8 (6) Clear descriptions of the Steering Com9 mittee member’s roles in facilitating the development 

10 and fulfilling the goals of the National Domestic Vi11 olence Prevention Action Plan. 

12 (7) A review of international, Federal, State, 

13 local, and private sector domestic violence prevention 

14 programs and activities to ensure that the United 

15 States pursues coordinated and effective domestic vi16 olence prevention programs and activities at all lev17 els of government. 

18 (8) A description of how each goal established 

19 under subparagraph (c) was determined, including— 

20 (A) a description of each required con21 sultation as pursuant to Section 3(3) and a de22 scription of how such consultation was incor23 porated; and 


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1 (B) data, research, or other information 

2 used to inform the determination to establish 

3 the goal. 

4 (9) A description of how each goal established 

5 under subparagraph (c) will be achieved, including 

6 for each goal— 

7 (A) a list of each relevant national domes8 tic violence agencies and each such agencies’ re9 lated programs, activities, and the role of each 

10 such program and activity in achieving such 

11 goal; 

12 (B) a list of Federal, State, local, tribal re13 lated programs, activities, and the role of each 

14 such program and activity in achieving such 

15 goal; 

16 (C) a list of relevant stakeholders and each 

17 such stakeholder’s role in achieving such goal; 

18 (D) an estimate of Federal funding and 

19 other resources needed to achieve such goal; 

20 (E) a list of each existing or new coordi21 nating mechanism needed to achieve such goal; 

22 and 

23 (F) a description of the Steering Commit24 tee’s role in facilitating the achievement of such 

25 goal. 


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1 (10) A list identifying existing data sources, or 

2 a description of data collection needed to evaluate 

3 performance, including a description of how the 

4 Steering Committee will obtain such data. 

5 (11) A list of any anticipated challenges to 

6 achieving the goals of the National Domestic Vio7 lence Prevention Action Plan and planned actions to 

8 address such challenges. 

9 (12) A description of the current prevalence 

10 and severity of any and all forms of domestic vio11 lence in the United States. 

12 (13) A description of the current prevalence of 

13 domestic violence prevention programs in the United 

14 States. 

15 (14) Such other statistical data and information 

16 as the Steering Committee considers appropriate to 

17 demonstrate and assess trends relating to any and 

18 all forms of domestic violence and domestic violence 

19 prevention, and the implementation of the National 

20 Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan. 

21 (15) Methods of implementation for the Na22 tional Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan. 

23 (16) Recommendations on research, programs, 

24 activities, and resources necessary to achieve the 


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1 goals of the National Domestic Violence Prevention 

2 Action Plan. 

3 (c) PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES.—The National Domes4 tic Violence Prevention Action Plan shall include a coher5 ent, comprehensive, and sustained program of activities 

6 that include actions to expand, intensify, and coordinate 

7 meaningful and effective prevention programs in all states, 

8 tribal and U.S. territories. Such programs will: 

9 (1) Embrace a human rights-based approach 

10 that acknowledges that domestic violence is a viola11 tion of human rights and accounts for the disparate 

12 impact of domestic violence on marginalized commu13 nities. 

14 (2) Address prevention of any and all forms of 

15 domestic violence, including all violence that happens 

16 across the life course; violence in public and private 

17 spheres; violence in the workplace, including within 

18 U.S. Armed Forces; and violence in national con19 texts. 

20 (3) Address the root causes, prevalence, and 

21 impact of any and all forms of domestic violence, in22 cluding social and cultural norms and other associ23 ated factors. 

24 (4) Tailor strategies to address factors, includ25 ing but not limited to, race, color, religion, national 


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1 or social origin, marital status, housing status, sex2 ual orientation, HIV/AIDS status, migrant or ref3 ugee status, age, disability, or any other relevant 

4 characteristics and any of these in combination that 

5 contribute to higher rates of any and all forms of 

6 domestic violence. 

7 (5) Identify gaps in any and all existing domes8 tic violence prevention programs with the goal of ad9 dressing the gaps in future work. 

10 (6) Support government and non-government 

11 organizations and community networks to drive ac12 tivity at the State and local level and ensure coordi13 nated action across all states and localities. 

14 (7) Support independent research on emerging 

15 issues that impact any and all forms of domestic vio16 lence. 

17 (8) Collect, communicate, and analyze com18 prehensive qualitative and quantitative data, 

19 disaggregated by sex, race, age, ethnicity, and other 

20 relevant characteristics, on the nature, prevalence, 

21 and impact of any and all forms of domestic vio22 lence. 

23 (9) Build quantity and quality of professionals 

24 involved in the prevention of any and all forms of 

25 domestic violence. 


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1 (10) Support broader efforts to ensure gender 

2 equality and engage people of all genders and 

3 sexualities in combating any and all forms of domes4 tic violence. 

5 (d) MEDIA CAMPAIGN.—The National Domestic Vio6 lence Prevention Action Plan shall include a media cam7 paign led by the Department of Health and Human Serv8 ices to facilitate direct, ongoing, and meaningful engage9 ment with the public as it relates to domestic violence pre10 vention. 

11 (1) PURPOSE OF MEDIA CAMPAIGN.— 

12 (A) educate the public on prevention of 

13 any and all forms of domestic violence; 

14 (B) engage with the public on bystander 

15 empowerment and education; 

16 (C) teach safe and healthy relationship 

17 skills through social-emotional learning; 

18 (D) create protective environments through 

19 improved school climate, workplace climate, 

20 community climate, as well as, Federal, State, 

21 local, tribal, and organizational policies; 

22 (E) disrupt the developmental pathways to23 wards domestic violence through parenting and 

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1 risk children, faith-based programs, and other 

2 culturally specific programming; and 

3 (F) combat the stigmas associated with 

4 any and all forms of domestic violence. 

5 (2) CONTENT OF MEDIA CAMPAIGN.—The De6 partment of Health and Human Services shall create 

7 a media campaign or enter into a contract with an 

8 outside agency using strategies demonstrated to be 

9 the most effective at achieving the goals and require10 ments of paragraph (a), which shall include, but not 

11 limited to: 

12 (A) The development of national, local, re13 gional, or population specific messaging, includ14 ing messaging specific to professional groups, 

15 such as public health leaders, health care pro16 viders, early childhood and child care providers, 

17 domestic violence providers, faith-based leaders, 

18 educators, military leaders, and community19 based and culturally specific child and family 

20 serving organizations. 

21 (B) The development of social media cam22 paigns to reach targeted populations. 

23 (C) The development of a website to pub24 licize and disseminate information. 


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1 (D) The development of informational and 

2 educational pamphlets and brochures. 

3 (E) The development of webinars to edu4 cate and provide support. 

5 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 There is authorized to be appropriated to the De7 partment of Health and Human Services to carry 

8 out this section, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

9 2025 through 2029. 

10 SEC. 5. STRENGTHEN INFORMATION TO STATE DOMESTIC 

11 VIOLENCE COALITIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

12 THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PRE13 VENTION ACTION PLAN. 

14 (a) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—The Na15 tional Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan Steering 

16 Committee, acting through the Department of Health and 

17 Human Services, shall develop and disseminate to State 

18 domestic violence coalitions information on the National 

19 Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan and its re20 spected Media Campaign. 

21 SEC. 6. ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VI22 OLENCE PREVENTION ACTION PLAN. 

23 (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than the 

24 first Monday in October following the year of enactment, 

25 and biannually thereafter, the National Domestic Violence 


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1 Prevention Action Plan Steering Committee shall submit 

2 to Congress in the form of written correspondence a Na3 tional Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan. 

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