IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1021 
Raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking by designating 
January 2026 as ‘‘National Stalking Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2026 
Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself and Mrs. DINGELL) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking 
by designating January 2026 as ‘‘National Stalking 
Awareness Month’’. 
Whereas, approximately 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men in the 
United States, at some point during their lifetimes, have 
experienced stalking victimization, causing them to feel 
very fearful, threatened, or concerned for their own safe-
ty or the safety of others; 
Whereas it is estimated that, each year, over 13,400,000 indi-
viduals in the United States report that they have been 
victims of stalking; 
Whereas more than 80 percent of victims of stalking report 
that they have been stalked by a current or former inti-
mate partner or acquaintance; 
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Whereas nearly 70 percent of female stalking victims and 80 
percent of male stalking victims are threatened with 
physical harm by stalkers; 
Whereas stalking is a risk factor for intimate partner homi-
cide; 
Whereas 3 in 4 female victims of intimate partner homicides 
were stalked during the year preceding the homicide by 
their killers; 
Whereas 11 percent of victims of stalking report having been 
stalked for 5 or more years; 
Whereas 2 in 3 stalkers pursue their victims at least once a 
week; 
Whereas many victims of stalking are forced to take drastic 
measures to protect themselves, including relocating, 
changing jobs, or obtaining protection orders; 
Whereas the prevalence of anxiety, insomnia, social dysfunc-
tion, and severe depression is much higher among victims 
of stalking than the general population; 
Whereas many victims of stalking do not report stalking to 
the police or contact a victim service provider, shelter, or 
hotline; 
Whereas stalking is a crime under Federal law, the laws of 
all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the terri-
tories of the United States, and the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice; 
Whereas stalking affects victims of every race, age, culture, 
gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, 
and economic status; 
Whereas national organizations, local victim service organiza-
tions, college and university campuses, prosecutor’s of-
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fices, and police departments stand ready to assist vic-
tims of stalking and are working diligently to develop ef-
fective and innovative responses to stalking, including on-
line stalking; 
Whereas there is a need to improve the response of the crimi-
nal justice system to stalking through more aggressive in-
vestigation and prosecution; 
Whereas there is a need for an increase in the availability of 
victim services across the United States, and those serv-
ices must include programs tailored to meet the needs of 
victims of stalking; 
Whereas individuals between 18 and 24 years old experience 
the highest rates of stalking victimization, and a majority 
of stalking victims report their victimization first oc-
curred before the age of 25; 
Whereas 43 percent of women in college who experience 
stalking by an intimate partner also experience sexual or 
physical assault; 
Whereas college students with disabilities are twice as likely 
as college students without disabilities to experience 
stalking; 
Whereas there is a need for an effective response to stalking 
on each college and university campus; 
Whereas 80 percent of stalking victims report being stalked 
with technology, such as phone calls, text messages, so-
cial media platforms, internet posts, emails, and elec-
tronic tracking; 
Whereas victims of technology-facilitated stalking often report 
higher fear than victims who experience in-person stalk-
ing, and are just as concerned for their safety; 
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Whereas January 2026 marks the 22nd anniversary of the 
first ‘‘National Stalking Awareness Month’’; and 
Whereas the House of Representatives finds that ‘‘National 
Stalking Awareness Month’’ provides an opportunity to 
educate the people of the United States about stalking: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) designates ‘‘National Stalking Awareness 
Month’’; 
(2) applauds the efforts of service providers, po-
lice departments, prosecutor’s offices, national and 
community organizations, colleges and universities, 
and private sector entities that combat stalking, sup-
port victims, and bring awareness to this crime; 
(3) encourages policymakers, criminal justice 
officials, victim service and human service agencies, 
institutions of higher education, and nonprofit orga-
nizations to increase awareness of stalking and con-
tinue to support the availability of services for vic-
tims of stalking; and 
(4) urges national and community organiza-
tions, businesses in the private sector, and the media 
to promote awareness of the crime of stalking 
through ‘‘National Stalking Awareness Month’’. 
Æ 
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