IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 590 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness 
Month and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Congress should raise awareness of domestic violence in the United 
States and its devastating effects on families and communities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2007 
Mr. POE (for himself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mrs. MCCARTHY 
of New York, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
ORTIZ, Mr. HOLDEN, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. 
FILNER, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. 
ELLISON, Mrs. DRAKE, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. 
ALLEN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. MICHAUD, Mrs. BIGGERT, Ms. DELAURO, 
Mr. BERMAN, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. MORAN of 
Virginia, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. NADLER, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, 
Mr. CARNEY, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. WYNN, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, 
Mr. CONYERS, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, and Mr. SHAYS) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Vio-
lence Awareness Month and expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives that Congress should raise 
awareness of domestic violence in the United States and 
its devastating effects on families and communities. 
Whereas one in four women will experience domestic violence 
sometime in her life; 
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Whereas domestic violence affects people of all ages, racial, 
ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds; 
Whereas women ages 16 to 24 experience the highest rates, 
per capita, of intimate partner violence; 
Whereas 13 percent of teenage girls who have been in a rela-
tionship report being hit or hurt by their partners and 
one in four teenage girls has been in a relationship in 
which she was pressured into performing sexual acts by 
her partner; 
Whereas there is a need for middle schools, secondary 
schools, and post-secondary schools to educate students 
about the issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, dat-
ing violence, and stalking; 
Whereas the annual cost of lost productivity due to domestic 
violence is estimated as $727,800,000 with over 
$7,900,000 paid workdays lost per year; 
Whereas homicides were the second leading cause of death on 
the job for women, with 15 percent of the 119 workplace 
homicides of women in 2003 attributed to a current or 
former husband or boyfriend; 
Whereas landlords frequently deny housing to victims of do-
mestic violence who have protection orders or evict vic-
tims of domestic violence for seeking help, such as by 
calling 911, after a domestic violence incident or who 
have other indications that they are domestic violence vic-
tims; 
Whereas 92 percent of homeless women experience severe 
physical or sexual abuse at some point in their lifetimes; 
Whereas Americans suffer 2,200,000 medically treated inju-
ries due to interpersonal violence annually, at a cost of 
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$37,000,000,000 ($33,000,000,000 in productivity losses, 
$4,000,000,000 in medical treatment); 
Whereas people aged 15 to 44 years comprise 44 percent of 
the population, but account for nearly 75 percent of inju-
ries and 83 percent of costs due to interpersonal violence; 
Whereas 40 to 60 percent of men who abuse women also 
abuse children; 
Whereas male children exposed to domestic violence are twice 
as likely to abuse their own partners; 
Whereas children exposed to domestic violence are more likely 
to attempt suicide, abuse drugs and alcohol, run away 
from home, and engage in teenage prostitution; 
Whereas adolescent girls who reported dating violence were 
60 percent more likely to report one or more suicide at-
tempts in the past year; 
Whereas 13.7 percent of the victims of murder-suicide cases 
were the children of the perpetrator and 74.6 percent 
were female while 91.9 percent of the perpetrators were 
male; in 30 percent of those cases the male perpetrator 
also committed suicide; 
Whereas a 2001 study by the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC) on homicide among intimate part-
ners found that female intimate partners are more likely 
to be murdered with a firearm than all other means com-
bined; 
Whereas according to one study, during court ordered visita-
tion, five percent of abusive fathers threaten to kill their 
spouses, 34 percent of abusive fathers threaten to kidnap 
their children, and 25 percent of abusive fathers threaten 
to physically hurt their children; 
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