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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 673 

Expressing appreciation during ‘‘National Domestic Violence Awareness 

Month’’ to all providers working tirelessly to educate communities, provide shelter and assistance to victims, and end the scourge of domestic 

violence. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 31, 2019 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Mrs. WAGNER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 

MOORE, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. FITZPATRICK, 

Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. 

GOTTHEIMER, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. PANETTA, and Ms. MENG) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 

and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing appreciation during ‘‘National Domestic Violence 

Awareness Month’’ to all providers working tirelessly to 

educate communities, provide shelter and assistance to 

victims, and end the scourge of domestic violence. 

Whereas an estimated 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men experience domestic violence during their lifetimes; 

Whereas domestic violence shelters and programs provide 

trauma-informed services that protect survivors’ privacy 

and confidentiality; 

Whereas the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act 

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tober, empowers shelters and services to operate and creates a pathway for healing for individuals, families, and 

youth whose lives have been impacted by violence, trauma, and abuse; 

Whereas millions of people are victimized by intimate partners through verbal assault, threats of physical violence, 

physical abuse, emotional abuse, economic abuse, technological abuse, sexual coercion, and sexual abuse; 

Whereas domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness for women and women with children; 

Whereas domestic violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime in the United States; 

Whereas over 43,000,000 women across the United States reported experiencing psychological aggression, contact sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate 

partner during their lifetime, according to a 2015 national survey; 

Whereas most abusers who stalk their victims escalate their 

conduct to commit more violent crimes; 

Whereas intimate partner homicides have increased in recent 

years; 

Whereas, in an average month between 2013 and 2017, at 

least 52 American women were shot and killed by an intimate partner, and many more injured; 

Whereas nearly 1,000,000 American women alive today have 

reported being shot or shot at by an intimate partner; 

Whereas the majority of women who were victims of some 

kind of domestic violence first experienced this violence 

by their partner before age 25, and 1 in 4 female victims 


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first experienced intimate partner violence prior to age 

18; 

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

Whereas, on a single day in 2018, domestic violence programs serviced 74,823 victims and survivors of domestic 

violence but were unable to respond to 9,183 requests for 

assistance due to a lack of resources; 

Whereas, on a single day in 2018, 42,494 victims and survivors of domestic violence were housed in emergency 

shelters or transitional housing; 

Whereas, on a single day in 2018, national and local hotlines 

answered 19,459 calls seeking support; 

Whereas 72 percent of all murder-suicides involve an intimate 

partner, with 94 percent of the murder victims identifying as female; 

Whereas an estimated 1 in 5 women will report being a victim of domestic violence during her lifetime; 

Whereas, on a single day in 2018, 25,479 people were trained 

in domestic violence prevention and early intervention 

from local and community-based programs; and 

Whereas ‘‘National Domestic Violence Awareness Month’’ 

was established to mourn those who died because of domestic violence, celebrate survivors, and connect those 

who work to end violence: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

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

3 Domestic Violence Awareness Month’’; 


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1 (2) supports the work of the dedicated staff of 

2 national, State, local, and Tribal organizations work3 ing to provide resources, shelter, and assistance to 

4 victims of domestic violence and end domestic vio5 lence; and 

6 (3) supports efforts to hold perpetrators of do7 mestic violence accountable. 

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