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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 664 

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

Awareness Month’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 30, 2019 

Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. 

ESPAILLAT, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OLSON, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 

DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. SWALWELL of California) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of October as ‘‘National 

Domestic Violence Awareness Month’’. 

Whereas intimate partner violence affects people of all ages 

as well as racial, ethnic, gender, economic, and religious 

backgrounds; 

Whereas women are disproportionately victims of domestic violence, as 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men ages 18 and 

older will experience domestic violence at some point in 

their life; 

Whereas on average, more than 3 women are murdered by 

their husbands or boyfriends in the United States every 

day; 


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Whereas women ages 18 to 34 experience the highest rates, 

per capita, of intimate partner violence; 

Whereas about 1 in 5 women who experience rape, physical 

violence, or stalking by an intimate partner first experienced some form of partner violence between 11 and 17 

years of age; 

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

an abusive dating relationship; 

Whereas 1 out of 3 Native American women will be raped 

and 6 out of 10 will be physically assaulted in their lifetimes; 

Whereas the 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 females killed with a firearm, almost two-thirds 

were killed by their intimate partners; 

Whereas one-quarter to one-half of domestic violence victims 

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

domestic violence; 

Whereas some landlords deny housing to victims of domestic 

violence who have protection orders or evict victims of domestic violence for seeking help after a domestic violence 

incident, such as calling 911, or who have other indications that they are domestic violence victims; 

Whereas 92 percent of homeless women experience severe 

physical or sexual abuse at some point in their lifetimes; 

Whereas 81 percent of women who are stalked by a current 

or former male partner are also physically abused by that 

partner; 


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Whereas 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; 

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

Whereas 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year and 90 percent of these children are eyewitnesses to violence; 

Whereas at least 15,500,000 children live in families in which 

partner violence occurred at least once in the past 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 one 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 1 in 10 high school students experienced physical violence from a dating partner in the past year; 

Whereas 13 percent of teenage girls who have been in a relationship report being hit or hurt by their partners; 

Whereas adolescent girls who reported dating violence were 

60 percent more likely to report one or more suicide attempts in the past year; 

Whereas there is a need for middle schools, secondary 

schools, and postsecondary schools to educate students 

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


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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 2018 National Census Survey reported that 

74,823 violence victims were served by domestic violence 

shelters and programs around the Nation in a single day; 

Whereas an additional 9,183 people requested help that day, 

but due to lack of resources, they were unable to be 

served; 

Whereas there is a need to increase funding for programs 

aimed at intervening in and preventing domestic violence 

in the United States; and 

Whereas domestic shelters and programs experience increased 

demands for service, 80 percent report cuts in funding: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Original National Do4 mestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 2019’’. 

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 


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1 effects on individuals, families, and communities, 

2 and support programs designed to end domestic vio3 lence in the United States. 

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