IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1451 
Supporting the goals and ideals of October as ‘‘National Domestic Violence 
Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2022 
Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. SIRES, Ms. 
ADAMS, Mr. CARSON, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, 
Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, 
Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. THOMP-
SON of Mississippi, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. RUSH, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 
Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. MAST, Mr. 
OWENS, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 
York, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. JACOBS of New York, Mr. PAPPAS, Mrs. AXNE, 
Mr. ALLRED, Ms. CONWAY, Ms. BUSH, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. DANNY K. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SOTO, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. VALADAO, 
Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. TRONE, Mrs. DIN-
GELL, Mrs. LESKO, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. ROSS, Mr. KILMER, 
Ms. TITUS, Mr. BACON, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. EVANS, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. CASE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, 
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. 
MENG, Mr. STANTON, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. STE-
VENS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CORREA, Mrs. 
HAYES, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. RASKIN, 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CROW, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. NADLER, Mr. COSTA, 
Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. KATKO, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. 
MORELLE, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. CHU, Ms. BROWNLEY, 
Ms. BASS, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. 
GRANGER, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. 
LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. DEAN, Mr. 
VEASEY, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. PELTOLA, Mr. CART-
WRIGHT, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. JONES, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. TONKO, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 
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KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. MACE, Mr. LARSEN of Wash-
ington, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. KELLY 
of Illinois, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. JACOBS of 
California, Mr. PETERS, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. CHERFILUS- 
MCCORMICK, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mrs. BICE of Okla-
homa, Mrs. MURPHY
of Florida, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
HORSFORD, Ms. WILD, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. LIEU, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, 
Ms. SEWELL, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. VICENTE 
GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. KEATING, Mr. TIMMONS, Mrs. KIM of Cali-
fornia, and Ms. CLARKE of New York) 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 this resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Original Na-
tional Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution’’; 
Whereas intimate partner violence affects people of all ages 
as well as all racial, ethnic, gender, economic, and reli-
gious 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, more than 12,000,000 women and 
men over the course of a single year; 
Whereas, in 2021, the National Domestic Violence Hotline 
answered more than 408,000 calls, chats, and texts, more 
than any other year before; 
Whereas of the reported abuse types, 96 percent of those con-
tacting the National Domestic Violence Hotline disclosed 
emotional abuse, 61 percent stated physical abuse, 26 
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percent described economic or financial abuse, and 11 
percent revealed digital abuse; 
Whereas 75 percent of those contacting the National Domes-
tic Violence Hotline identified as victims or survivors, 13 
percent identified as friends, family members, or other 
helpers, and 12 percent identified as ‘‘other’’, such as 
those working with survivors or even those causing harm; 
Whereas women are disproportionately victims of domestic vi-
olence, 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 survivors of domestic violence are strong, coura-
geous, and resilient; 
Whereas, on average, more than 3 women are murdered by 
their husbands or boyfriends in the United States every 
day; 
Whereas women ages 18 to 34 experience the highest rates, 
per capita, of intimate partner violence; 
Whereas 27.1 percent of women and 21.4 percent of 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 1 in 3 Native American women will be raped and 
6 in 10 will be physically assaulted in their lifetimes; 
Whereas African-American women experience intimate part-
ner 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 
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than White women to use social services or battered 
women’s programs or to go to the hospital because of do-
mestic violence; 
Whereas, in an Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Do-
mestic Violence survey, 21 to 55 percent of Asian and 
Pacific Islander women reported experiencing domestic 
violence (physical, sexual, or both) during their lifetimes; 
Whereas, according to the National Intimate and Sexual Vio-
lence Survey, 42.1 percent of Latina women are victim-
ized by intimate partner violence in a lifetime, defined by 
rape, physical assault, or stalking; 
Whereas victims of domestic violence report hesitation calling 
law enforcement and accessing victims services due to un-
certainty 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 serv-
ices is $103,767 for women and $23,414 for men; 
Whereas, of women who die by homicide, 2 out of 5 are killed 
by an intimate partner or former intimate partner; 
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 victims of domestic violence who have protec-
tion orders or other indications that they are victims are 
evicted or denied access to housing; 
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; 
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Whereas domestic violence programs and hotlines have seen 
a substantial increase in contacts since 2020 and con-
tinue to experience a surge in requests for services, with 
the National Domestic Violence Hotline averaging ap-
proximately 2,600 daily contacts in 2022, up from 800 
to 1,200 average daily contacts before the COVID–19 
pandemic; 
Whereas 92 percent of homeless women experience severe 
physical or sexual abuse at some point in their lifetimes; 
Whereas 13.5 percent of women and 5.2 percent of men re-
port 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 the 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 99 percent of abusive relationships include financial 
abuse, causing the survivors to stay or return to the abu-
sive 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 ex-
perience problems at work due to abuse; 
Whereas 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner vio-
lence each year and 90 percent of these children are eye-
witnesses to such violence; 
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; 
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