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[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 501 Introduced in House (IH)]

107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 501

 Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress should raise awareness 
 of domestic violence in the Nation by supporting the goals and ideals 
             of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 2002

Mrs. Biggert (for herself, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Vitter, and Ms. 
Roybal-Allard) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 
 Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress should raise awareness 
 of domestic violence in the Nation by supporting the goals and ideals 
             of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Whereas domestic violence affects women, men, and children of all racial, 
        social, religious, age, ethnic, and economic groups in the United 
        States;
Whereas it is estimated that a woman is battered every 15 seconds in America, 
        usually by her intimate partner;
Whereas domestic violence often does not consist of a single incident, but is 
        instead a continual state of victimization;
Whereas domestic violence is the single largest cause of injury to women in the 
        United States, affecting 6,000,000 women;
Whereas it is estimated that between 1993 and 1999, more than half of domestic 
        violence attacks were committed by a current or former spouse, boyfriend 
        or girlfriend;
Whereas 1 in 3 murdered women are killed by their current or former spouses or 
        boyfriends;
Whereas 88 percent of domestic violence fatalities had a documented history of 
        physical abuse;
Whereas 15-50 percent of abused women report interference from their partner 
        with education, training or work;
Whereas approximately 50 percent of the homeless women and children in the 
        United States are on the streets because of violence in their homes;
Whereas each year, an estimated 3,300,000 children witness family members 
        committing violent attacks against their mothers or female caretakers;
Whereas boys who witness their fathers' violence are 10 times more likely to 
        engage in spouse abuse in later adulthood than boys from nonviolent 
        homes;
Whereas increasing evidence indicates that there are large numbers of immigrant 
        women trapped in violent homes, isolated by abusive spouses who use the 
        threat of deportation to maintain power and control over them;
Whereas past and current victims of domestic violence are overrepresented in the 
        population of welfare recipients;
Whereas there is a need to increase the public awareness and understanding of 
        domestic violence and the needs of battered women and their children;
Whereas the month of October, 2002, has been recognized as an appropriate month 
        for activities furthering awareness of domestic violence; and
Whereas the dedication and successes of those working to end domestic violence 
        and the strength of the survivors of domestic violence should be 
        recognized: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that Congress should raise awareness 
of domestic violence in the Nation by supporting the goals and ideals 
of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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