IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 972 
Raising awareness and encouraging the prevention of stalking by expressing 
support for the designation of January 2024 as ‘‘National Stalking 
Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 18, 2024 
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 expressing support for the designation of January 
2024 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 lifetime, has 
experienced stalking victimization, causing them to feel 
very fearful or believe that they or someone close to them 
would be harmed or killed; 
Whereas it is estimated that, each year, more than 
13,400,000 individuals in the United States report that 
they have been victims of stalking; 
Whereas more than 85 percent of victims of stalking report 
that they have been stalked by someone they know; 
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Whereas nearly 70 percent of intimate partner stalking vic-
tims 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 homicide 
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 two-thirds of 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, campuses, prosecutor’s offices, and police depart-
ments stand ready to assist victims of stalking and are 
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•HRES 972 IH 
working diligently to develop effective and innovative re-
sponses to stalking, including online 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 among undergraduate college students who experi-
ence intimate partner stalking, 40 percent also experience 
coercive control and 11 percent experience physical as-
sault from the same partner; 
Whereas 32 percent of undergraduate college students who 
experience stalking are also sexually assaulted; 
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 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; 
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Whereas victims of technology-facilitated stalking often report 
as much fear as victims who experience in-person stalk-
ing, and are just as concerned for their safety; 
Whereas January 2024 marks the 20th 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) expresses support for the designation of 
‘‘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 
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•HRES 972 IH 
to promote awareness of the crime of stalking 
through ‘‘National Stalking Awareness Month’’. 
Æ 
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